Inequality is, without a doubt, the hot topic in econ circles these days. Economics conference seminars on the subject are standing-room-only. Columns and blog posts about inequality are widely read and discussed, and Thomas Piketty’s book was a bestseller. But the question of how best to measure the phenomenon continues to be a contentious topic of debate. The most common …

BLOOMBERG Stocks jumped around the world after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen reasserted the central bank’s gradual approach to raising interest rates. Commodities climbed as the dollar extended its worst month in more than five years. Yellen’s signal that weakening world growth calls for a slow approach to tightening policy ignited gains for shares from Shanghai to Frankfurt after U.S. …

ABU DHABI / EMIRATES BUSINESS The Emirates Securities Market Index has increased by 1.30% to close at 4482.71 points. Accordingly the Market Capitalization has gained AED 9.31 billion attaining AED 727.15 billion. A total of 0.54 Billion Shares were traded with a total value of AED 0.74 billion during the trading session of 2016-03-30 through 6705 transactions. The number of companies which …