Articles in English

BRISBANE – As more developed countries begin to feel as though they have made it to the other side of the COVID-19 crisis, two striking realities are coming into view

25 июня 2021 4 мин. 6769

A Global Tax Deal for the Rich

NEW YORK – Historic, game-changing, revolutionary: such has been the widespread reaction to the recent agreement by G7 finance ministers on a global minimum effective tax rate of “at least” 15% for large multinational firms

23 июня 2021 5 мин. 5908

The Upside of Population Decline

LONDON – China’s recently published census, showing that its population has almost stopped growing, brought warnings of severe problems for the country

22 июня 2021 6 мин. 5951

Inflation Alarm Bells Are Ringing, So Why Didn’t The Fed Raise Rates This Month?

For now, the central bank will leave rates untouched in the range of 0% to 0.25%

21 июня 2021 3 мин. 7499

How An Ex-Semipro Poker Player Bet Big And Won The $4.3 Trillion Mortgage Market

Nima Ghamsari and his Blend Labs weaned the nation’s biggest mortgage lenders off of paper—and just in time to prevent a pandemic meltdown

18 июня 2021 10 мин. 9227

The Fickle Charms of Private Global Finance

NEW DELHI – Once again, emerging markets are on the capital-flows roller coaster – one no less dizzying for being so familiar. And once again, the highs and lows of financial-market swings in these economies are mostly generated by external forces, not national policies. But the possibility that even the smallest domestic mistake could send them into a tailspin still looms large

17 июня 2021 5 мин. 5410

The Deeper Anxieties of the Inflation Hawks

AUSTIN – In a recent commentary for The Washington Post, former US Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence H. Summers stated that “the consumer price index rose at a 7.5 percent annual rate” in the first quarter of 2021

16 июня 2021 6 мин. 6557

The Inflation Red Herring

NEW YORK – Slight increases in the rate of inflation in the United States and Europe have triggered financial-market anxieties. Has US President Joe Biden’s administration risked overheating the economy with its $1.9 trillion rescue package and plans for additional spending to invest in infrastructure, job creation, and bolstering American families?