Brexit Money
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230Why don't foreign investors take fright more often?
BACK in the days of the gold standard, central bankers were very concerned about the views of international investors. They believed that...
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324Why don’t foreign investors take fright more often?
BACK in the days of the gold standard, central bankers were very concerned about the views of international investors. They believed that...
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250The buck drops here
THERE may have been a “Trump bump” in the stockmarket but the opposite has been true in currency markets. The dollar has...
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191Legacy airlines are facing new competitors on transatlantic routes
EVEN for a global industry like aviation, Primera Air’s business model seems remarkably cosmopolitan. The Icelandic-owned budget airline is headquartered in Latvia,...
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189The World Bank’s “ease of doing business” report faces tricky questions
HOW many days does it take to correct a misleading newspaper interview? Four, in the case of Paul Romer, the World Bank’s...
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202The French government experiments with venture capitalism
AS A boy, Antoine Hubert used to catch butterflies. These days, the agro-engineer has eyes only for meal worms. In a demonstration...
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210Why the oil price is so high
PERHAPS the most vexing thing for those watching the oil industry is not the whipsawing price of a barrel. It is the...
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167The threat of tough regulation in Asia sends crypto-currencies into a tailspin
IT HAS been another week of vertiginous swings in the prices of bitcoin and other crypto-currencies. This time, the moves have mostly...
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167The hedge-fund delusion that grips pension-fund managers
HEDGE-FUND managers may be feeling quietly smug about their performance in 2017. They returned 6.5% on average, according to Hedge Fund Research,...