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BOE, UK show how to deal with virus

Despite losing an empire and the sterling as the world’s reserve currency, the UK managed for years to punch well above its weight on international economic and financial issues, often critically informing and influencing key decisions and policy pivots. The policy announcements by the Bank of England (BOE) and the UK Treasury suggest that this is still possible despite concerns ...

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Boeing’s Max crisis meets coronavirus outbreak

Boeing Co’s 737 Max crisis has entered a new phase. Last week brought the revelation that Air Canada is cutting its order for the grounded plane by 18%, marking a major cancellation by a large Western airline in the wake of two fatal crashes and a much-prolonged return to service. This likely won’t be the last: Airlines’ cancellation options increase ...

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Historic market fall exposes Canada’s economic fault lines

Bloomberg Never in modern trading history have Canadian stocks fallen so much in a single day of trading as they did this week. Growing alarm over the coronavirus and plummeting oil prices have been catalysts for the slump. But one historian sees two underlying factors at play: a fractured geopolitical environment that has coincided with market volatility the world over, ...

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