An Economist’s Guide to the World Post-Covid

Policy-makers bet on construction to escape COVID economic shock

Posted by Luka Raznatovic on Jul 27, 2021 4:09:49 PM

The construction sector did not escape the coronavirus-induced economic downdraft unscathed. Activity at the global scale fell 1.4% in 2020, with...

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Regime change: should we get used to high inflation?

Posted by Innes McFee on Jun 28, 2021 3:00:00 PM

Inflation has become the all-consuming focus of investors’ attention in recent weeks. On the surface the story is simple—transitory factors...

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Will the European Union’s recovery mark a shift towards a green economy?

Posted by Katharina Koenz on Jun 8, 2021 5:00:00 PM

In his recent blog post, Ahmed Esam discusses the challenges the GCC region faces as it aims to transition away from its reliance on oil production....

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Quantitative Easing: Is the cure worse than the disease?

Posted by James Nixon on Apr 23, 2021 1:45:00 PM

The financial market volatility that has already marked the early stages of the COVID-19 economic recovery underscores how much the financial system...

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Is this time different, or an exercise in financial folly?

Posted by Irmgard Erasmus on Apr 9, 2021 4:32:22 PM

As John Templeton once said, the four most dangerous words in investing are “this time it’s different.” This notion seems to affect each forthcoming...

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Are we all Keynesians now? Is there much choice?

Posted by Innes McFee on Jan 20, 2021 1:30:00 PM

Over the past thirty years Richard Nixon’s famous comment “we are all Keynesians now” could hardly have rung more hollow. Since the introduction of...

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