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The International Monetary Fund said the impact of trade tensions had been limited so far, but it expects growth to slow.
Research for FT warns geopolitical turmoil, weak confidence and risk of a stock market correction threaten growth
Dialing down uncertainty, reducing vulnerabilities, and investing in innovation, can help deliver durable economic gains
The CEOs of JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo all landed independently on the word “resilient” to describe the U.S. economy and its consumers.
President Trump says the administration is weighing a U.S. response to Beijing’s newest restrictions.
Simon Jack, BBC Business Editor speaks to global financial titan Jamie Dimon. He’s the Chief Executive and Chairman of JP Morgan Chase, America’s largest bank, and one of the biggest banks in the world. He oversees more than $4 trillion of assets, and has the ear of world leaders.
Cash is lent out to earn interest. Government bonds are pledged and repledged as collateral in trillions of dollars worth of transactions every day. Even gold, which once was hoarded, has evolved into a base for lending and credit markets.
If you want to take a real-time sample of the global economy in action at any one moment, then the Hub at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) is a particularly fascinating node. HKG is the world’s busiest air-cargo hub and no airline moves more freight through it – more than 1.