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Feb 5, 2024

China Pathfinder update: Lack of policy solutions in second half of 2023 belies official data

By GeoEconomics Center and Rhodium Group

Through the second half of 2023, the gap between China’s impressive official data and visibly underwhelming consumer demand, unresolved local government debt problems and an unprecedented drop in foreign direct investment was stark.

China Economy & Business

In the News

Jan 29, 2024

Bauerle Danzman cited in Forbes on Nippon Steel-US Steel deal and CFIUS review

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China Economy & Business

In the News

Jan 28, 2024

Lipsky and Kumar quoted in Bitcoin.com on Fed development of CBDCs

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Digital Currencies Digital Policy

New Atlanticist

Jan 25, 2024

The Fed is falling behind as other central banks leap ahead on digital currencies

By Josh Lipsky, Ananya Kumar

And the innovation gap is not just on CBDCs. FedNow, the long-awaited interbank settlement system, has taken years longer than comparable systems in Europe.

Digital Currencies Economy & Business
China, In the center of the capital in a new commercial building construction

Econographics

Jan 10, 2024

China’s local government debts are coming due

By Jeremy Mark

China's economic slowdown brings local government debts into sharp focus, threatening infrastructure and social services.

China Economy & Business

Econographics

Jan 3, 2024

Five under-the-radar economic trends that could define 2024

By Josh Lipsky, Sophia Busch

We picked five under-the-radar trends that will matter for the global economy in 2024. Each shows the potential weak spots in the global economy alongside the forces that could stabilize growth.

China Economy & Business

UkraineAlert

Jan 2, 2024

Ukraine’s wartime economy is performing surprisingly well

By Anders Åslund

The Ukrainian government is to be congratulated for its considerable accomplishments on the economic front while defending itself against Europe’s largest invasion since World War II, writes Anders Åslund.

Conflict Economy & Business

In the News

Dec 21, 2023

Bauerle Danzman quoted in Reuters on the likelihood of Nippon Steel/US Steel CFIUS review

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Financial Regulation International Markets

New Atlanticist

Dec 19, 2023

Inside a central bank at war

By Josh Lipsky

Get a look inside how central banks are springing into action like never before to protect their economies as their countries enter war.

Conflict Financial Regulation

Econographics

Dec 7, 2023

Germany’s debt brake isn’t working

By Hung Tran

Germany’s coalition government was dealt a fiscal crisis when the country’s Constitutional Court ruled that repurposing €60 billion of unspent money from the pandemic emergency support facility to the Climate and Transformation Fund was unconstitutional.

Economy & Business Financial Regulation

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