| Cosima F. Barone | Vol. XVII - Issue #246 | Mar. 09, 2018 |
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Global Financial Markets Reckoning
Ever since it bottomed out at the end of March 2009, the overall market capitalization has been reaching out to its March 31, 2000, peak. How will markets react when the debt-stressed consumers decide to bank their gains from the tax cut, instead of spending the money? ... Read more
A Fractured World: Nationalist Insurgency & Trade Wars
Is the global liberal order in danger? After decades when the world has been dominated by the United States as their influence remained unrivaled in so many segments (economy, U.S. Dollar, trade and defense) over the rest of the globe, are there strategic alliances or emerging global trends that could potentially shake the world order as we know it? ... Read more
A Glance At World's Insightful News
In Focus: ECB, EUROPEAN UNION, CHINA, INDIA, ITALY, JAPAN, USA - OPEC & non-OPEC
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A Jewish family that fled Iraq generations ago rented its home to France for use as an embassy, but Paris long ago stopped paying it rent, after Iraq stripped Jews of property.
By Ephrat Livni and Pranav Baskar
The New York Times, Jan. 19, 2026
European Union ambassadors held an emergency meeting on Sunday, and leaders from across the 27-nation bloc will meet in Brussels later this week.
By Jeanna Smialek and Anushka Patil
The New York Times, Jan. 19, 2026
China’s population fell for a fourth straight year and its birthrate tumbled as policymakers failed to slow a demographic crisis.
By Alexandra Stevenson
The New York Times, Jan. 19, 2026
The number of births fell to the lowest level since records began in 1949
By Hannah Miao
The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 19, 2026
Exasperated by lack of opportunity and freedoms, young people across the globe are resorting to direct action
By David Pilling
Financial Times, Jan. 19, 2026
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Trump threatened heavy tariffs on countries standing between him and Greenland. E.U. leaders are scrambling for a response.
By Katrin Bennhold
The New York Times, Jan. 19, 2026
One of Asia’s most dynamic nations is weighing how to balance government control with raising per capita G.D.P. by about 70 percent in five years.
By Damien Cave and Tung Ngo
The New York Times, Jan. 19, 2026
Relatively new train bound for Madrid derails and is struck by oncoming train
By Chun Han Wong and Fabiana Negrin Ochoa
The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 19, 2026
Concerns that the plight of recent graduates will worsen are growing
By Delphine Strauss
Financial Times, Jan. 19, 2026
South Africa’s GDP growth has averaged less than 1% annually for the past decade but better data hints at a turnaround
By Monica Mark and David Pilling in Johannesburg
Financial Times, Jan. 19, 2026
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More than 1 percent of New Zealand’s population left over the year ending in October. Many of the migrants were chasing salaries and opportunities in neighboring Australia.
By Yan Zhuang Visuals Tatsiana Chypsanava
The New York Times, Jan. 19, 2026
The traditional rhetoric of the World Economic Forum centered on global integration, climate change and international cooperation. Not anymore.
By Peter S. Goodman
The New York Times, Jan. 19, 2026
The U.S. company aims to equip the Taiwanese chip-making site to produce DRAM
By Jiahui Huang and Fabiana Negrin Ochoa
The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 19, 2026
The region lacks the depth of long-dated investment capital needed to fund required energy infrastructure
By Huw van Steenis, vice-chair at Oliver Wyman and former global head of banks and diversified financials research at Morgan Stanley
Financial Times, Jan. 19, 2026
But CEO Jacob Aarup-Andersen says diversification is just ‘building moats’ around the central business
By Richard Milne in Copenhagen
Financial Times, Jan. 19, 2026
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