The markets are once again looking to the annual economic policy symposium in Jackson Hole for signals, but this year the questions may be bigger than monetary policy can answer.
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Trade imbalances, exchange-rate misalignments, and a massive and worsening debt crisis in the developed and developing world alike all characterise the present state of the world economy.
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The government of new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham intends to empowering people through growth in every postocde.
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A recent conference presented a range of options for dealing with the labour-market consequences of artificial intelligence.
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Too much action is still being dissipated by duplicated efforts, wasted resources, and lost opportunities.
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With global growth expected to fall to 2.5 per cent, the lowest since the Covid-19 pandemic and threatening employment in the developing countries, the world’s financial markets are focusing on temporary booms, writes Mahmoud Mohieldin
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Proposals for a new measurement framework for evaluating countries’ economic performance could change the prevailing rules.
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The remedy for both the Thucydides and Kindleberger Traps is to promote an efficient and just multilateral system grounded in legitimacy and confidence
in its rules, writes Mahmoud Mohieldin
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With the current deficit of trust and uncertainty and the multiple crises affecting the global economy, the gap between the rhetoric of sovereignty, security, and sustainability and the reality has become increasingly wide.
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Why more and more meetings are held under Chatham House rules, at the margins of official gatherings.
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The transition from one international currency to another is far from straightforward — and it would be wrong to assume that electricity can do for the yuan what oil did for the dollar.
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The current war in the Middle East must stop at once and a post-war phase begin to bring peace and ensure political and economic co-existence in the region, writes Mahmoud Mohieldin
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The US and Israel have launched a war against Iran with no regard for how the war and its aftermath will affect the Middle East and the global economy, writes Mahmoud Mohieldin
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The dollar has been twisting like a serpent and going up and down like a yo-yo as a result of Trump’s policy of weaponising tariffs.
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Acknowledging the impending end of the present international order is a prerequisite for moving forward.
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While the collapse of the old world order may be mourned by its beneficiaries, the disadvantaged countries and peoples will find little reason to grieve, writes Mahmoud Mohieldin
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What are the main risks facing the world this year and over the years ahead?
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Bad economic ideas have a habit of spreading at times of crisis, ignoring the fact that they lead to further problems that can then escalate into disasters, writes Mahmoud Mohieldin
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Why don’t ordinary people’s perception reflect what macroeconomic indicators claim?
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Regional cooperation between groups of states could provide the answer to today’s economic crises.
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