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Regularly updated news on the global economy and politics from our team and Bloomberg and The Economist.
Markets best keep their bullish instincts in check
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Markets best keep their bullish instincts in check

US economic conditions are finely balanced as investors weigh up how hard the Fed will push in coming weeks.

Bloomberg 10 Sep 2022
The death of Elizabeth II marks the end of an era
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The death of Elizabeth II marks the end of an era

It deprives Britain of a thread that wove the nation together and linked it to its past

The Economist 09 Sep 2022
So long Anthony Fauci
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So long Anthony Fauci

Dr Anthony Fauci, who will retire from the National Institutes of Health in December, became the face of the US government's Covid response but found himself enmeshed in today’s polarised political battles.

Bloomberg 07 Sep 2022
US dollar pain spreads beyond emerging economies to developed peers
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US dollar pain spreads beyond emerging economies to developed peers

The bigger concern for many countries could be that local rate hikes may do little to slam the brakes on their nose-diving currencies because their economies look more fragile than the US.

Bloomberg 07 Sep 2022