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<p>WE WILL have a full analysis of America's <a href="http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm">latest job report</a> up shortly. In the meantime, I wanted to...
<p class="MsoNormal">EUROPE <span>has just endured a seemingly endless winter, so it seems apt that the spring economic forecasts from the European Commission have a chilly fe...
<p>ECONOMICS undergrads learn early on about two levers to manage the macroeconomy: fiscal policy and monetary policy. Events of the last five years make clear that there is a third lever tha...
<p>TODAY'S recommended economics writing:</p><p>• <a href="http://worthwhile.typepad.com/worthwhile_canadian_initi/2013/05/monetary-stimulus-vs-financial-stability-...
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<p>WITHIN a week, the decision on who should have hardest job in global trade—heading the World Trade Organisation (WTO)—will be made. The race has narrowed down to two Latin Americans, H...
<p>IF YOU have not already, I recommend you go read my colleague's <a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/05/federal-reserve-speaks">incisive take</...
<p>THE Federal Reserve, as widely expected, stood pat today, reaffirming its commitment to near zero interest rates until unemployment fell to 6.5% or lower, and continuing to buy $85 billion...
<p>TODAY'S recommended economics writing:</p><p>• <a href="http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/05/01/1483792/the-core-cpi-pce-inflation-gap/">The core CPI-PCE i...