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By Daniel Gros   BRUSSELS – Central bankers and financial supervisors around the world are increasingly focusing on an issue that...

By Carl Manlan & Efosa Ojomo   LOMÉ/BOSTON – In the United Nations’ 2020 World Investment Report, Secretary-General António Guterres noted...

By Kevin P. Gallagher and Rebecca Ray   BOSTON – According to new estimates, China now finances overseas development at...

By Kevin P. Gallagher & Rebecca Ray   BOSTON – According to new estimates, China now finances overseas development at nearly the...

By Joseph E. Stiglitz   NEW YORK – US President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to appoint Janet Yellen as the next...

By John B. Taylor STANFORD – No US secretary of the treasury will have spoken out so often and with...

By  Carlos Lopes CAPE TOWN – This was supposed to be the year Europe and Africa redefined their relationship. In...

By Kristalina Georgieva & Sigrid Kaag   WASHINGTON, DC/THE HAGUE – Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the global economy is suffering its...

By George Soros   NEW YORK – Hungary and Poland have vetoed the European Union’s proposed €1.15 trillion ($1.4 trillion) seven-year...

By Kenneth Rogoff  CAMBRIDGE – With alternative assets such as gold and Bitcoin thriving in the pandemic, some top economists...