Questions tagged [economy]
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Is there any policy from the Trump administration that would have a deflationary effect?
In markets it is known as the “Trump trade”, a bet that Donald Trump’s
return to the White House would herald more inflation and higher
interest rates. Many of Mr Trump’s core policies push in this
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Did any other country than China buy real estate as a buyer of last resort?
In a housing crisis that shows no end, the Chinese government is
stepping in as a buyer of last resort.
Chinese officials on Friday took their boldest step yet, unveiling a
nationwide plan to buy up ...
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Did any other country enact a policy favoring mergers over IPOs to strenghten the resilience of companies?
Tens of thousands of China-based semiconductor companies have recently
gone out of business, and numerous IPO processes have been halted or
terminated. As a result, Chinese authorities are said to now ...
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Is there a reason why North Korea won't make public any data about its economy to the broader world?
The main problem is not the reliability of data; there is a lack of
numbers in general, even manipulated ones. Some healthy skepticism is
also warranted regarding outside reports on North Korean
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Does any developed country other than the UK include illegal activities in its GDP calculations?
Items like imputed rent, legal fees and R&D are now all included in GDP. The UK went hog wild with both illegal drugs and prostitution as now part of their GDP because… hey, why not? UNSNA’s 2008 ...
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Is there a reason why the Saudis shifted away from the dollar?
The US dollar’s dominance is in decline as Russia and Saudi Arabia eye
the Chinese yuan for oil trades, and investors may need to begin to
revise their long-term investment strategies, warns the CEO ...
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Is there any country outside the West that's planning to put tariffs against Chinese EVs?
The European Union moved Wednesday to hike tariffs, or import taxes,
on electric vehicles made in China. EVs are the latest flash point in
a broader trade dispute over Chinese government subsidies and ...
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Is there a reason why countries in the Global South don't complain about Chinese overcapacity?
China said on Thursday that U.S. and European assertions of excess
capacity were "naked trade protectionism" and that efforts to
constrain new energy exports from the World's No.2 economy ...
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Does recognizing the State of Palestine facilitate doing business with it?
Is it easier for the countries that have officially recognized the State of Palestine to do business with it? I don't mean favoritism or political payback for recognition, but purely formal/legal ...
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Does Iran make its own engines for its helicopters?
Iranian companies have 'cloned' some Western helicopter models but also made their own, more recently. Do they have the domestic capability to make engines for them though, or are these imported, if ...
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Why is Afghanistan experiencing extreme deflation?
This website shows the inflation rates in various countries around the world. Almost all countries have a positive inflation rate; in some of them the rate is quite high. But there is one remarkable ...
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How did Gazprom lose money (in 2023)?
With Nord Stream Shut, Gazprom Posts its Biggest Lost in Two Decades
May 2, 2024
Gazprom made more than $22 billion in net profit in 2021, the last year before the war. That dropped to $13 billion in ...
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Why is "creating jobs" seen as good and "destroying jobs" seen as bad, even when there are major labour shortages?
During periods of (mass) unemployment, it seems reasonable for governments to pursue policies expected to create jobs, and therefore for politicians and political parties to propose and support such ...
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Do chemical-biological problems benefit capitalism?
Mark Fisher, in his book Capitalist Realism, writes:
The current ruling ontology denies any possibility of a social causation of mental illness. The chemico-biologization of mental illness is of ...
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How many people can Gaza support after the last six months of fighting?
The Gaza Strip is not a very big place. The area of the Gaza Strip is about 139 square miles. This includes a significant amount of farmland and desert open space. It is about twice as wide and twice ...
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