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Blow for Xi as investors scramble to quit China
Low domestic demand and heightened geopolitical tensions are taking a toll on Beijing
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Don’t bet against a major market crash
Like Britain’s riots, recent market mayhem is symptomatic of a much wider problem
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The obscure Japanese investing scheme that continues to threaten global markets
A gambit known as the ‘yen carry trade’ is putting economies on shaky ground
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The August tremor on world markets is a stark recession warning
The immediate storm may be passing – but dark clouds have gathered over the US economy
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The Federal Reserve may have just decided the US election
Fears of a US recession have made the race for the White House even tighter
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Warren Buffett’s stock empire loses $15bn in global market crash
Paper value of Berkshire Hathaway portfolio sinks as its holdings plummet in worth
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Labour’s ‘hard decisions’ are about to get a whole lot harder
Chaos in global stock markets has made Reeves’ fiscal plans look positively foolhardy
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The US is at real risk of recession – and it’s a disaster for Kamala Harris
The declining health of America’s economy threatens to upend the presidential election
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Market chaos derails $2bn UK takeover
Buyer Sidara walks away from landmark deal to buy North Sea engineer Wood Group
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It’d be a mistake to make a fetish out of restoring Britain’s lost industrial past
Nostalgia for manufacturing heyday undermines other paths to a productive, resilient economy
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The British economy is in miraculously good health – the eurozone has stagflation
It is hard to see what positive catalyst can lift Europe out of its political temper tantrum
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