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New Atlanticist

Feb 26, 2009

Consumer Confidence Hits Record Lows on Both Sides of Atlantic

By James Joyner

European businesses and consumers alike have the lowest confidence in the economy since tracking began a quarter century ago, the European Commission said earlier today.

Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Feb 22, 2009

Europe Agrees to Tighten Regulations, Double IMF Funding

By James Joyner

The leaders of Europe’s key economies agreed this morning to stronger regulation for the financial markets and to double the investment in the International Monetary Fund ahead of the G20 summit. 

Economy & Business European Union

New Atlanticist

Jan 20, 2009

EU – South Korea Trade Deal Nears

By James Joyner

The EU and South Korea are very close to establishing a free trade zone and expect to finalize a deal in March, AP business writer Kelly Olsen reports.

Economy & Business European Union

New Atlanticist

Jan 8, 2009

Dell Moves Jobs From Ireland to Poland

By James Joyner

While the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs from high wage countries to lower wage countries is a longstanding phenomenon, we mostly think of it as one between the developed and developing worlds, not something that takes place within the EU.

Economy & Business European Union

New Atlanticist

Dec 19, 2008

Fighting Poverty with Profit

By James Joyner

Alan Wood argues that it’s time to rethink how we fight poverty in the developing world, shifting from aid to profit-based approaches.  Quite a while ago, trade and development economist Peter Bauer (1915-2002) of the London School of Economics famously remarked that aid was a transfer of wealth from poor people in rich countries to […]

Economy & Business
STOCK - Financial Crisis

New Atlanticist

Dec 18, 2008

Fed Rate Cut Leaves American and European Investors Guessing

By Peter Cassata

“We are flying blind,” the FT‘s editors declared after the Fed cut its federal-funds rate to a range of 0 to 0.25 percent on Tuesday.  Although Bernanke had indicated he was willing to employ unorthodox measures to lift the U.S. economy out of recession, few analysts expected such a dramatic cut. 

Economy & Business European Union

New Atlanticist

Dec 12, 2008

China on a Diet as Consumption Drops?

By Peter Cassata

Figures published Wednesday on China’s economy show the country doing worse than the World Bank previously anticipated, boding poorly for China’s chances of avoiding the global downturn as well as for the West’s hopes of possible bailout assistance from Asia. 

Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Nov 14, 2008

G20 Summit: The View from Europe

By Peter Cassata

Will this weekend’s G20 summit really be “Bretton Woods II?”  The answer from Europe (like the U.S.) seems to be no. 

Economy & Business European Union

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Oct 31, 2008

Transcript: West Stronger From Financial Crisis?

By Peter Cassata

OPERATOR:   This is a recording of the Michael Safianik Teleconference with The Atlantic Council of the U.S. scheduled for Wednesday October 29, 2008 at 11:30 a.m. Eastern. Excuse me everyone, we now have The Atlantic Council President and CEO Fred Kemp, and Financial Times Chief Economic Commenter, Columnist and Associate Publisher Martin Wolf in conference. […]

Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Oct 16, 2008

Financial Crisis Map

By James Joyner

The folks at Reuters have compiled several tools to help us keep track of developments in the world financial crisis, including news roundups, videos, a timeline, and some graphics.

Economy & Business

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