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Four ways to think about the economy

Narayana Kocherlakota I see four different schools of thought about how the economies of the U.S. and much of the developed world should be managed. The challenge for the Federal Reserve and other central bankers is that it’s hard to know who’s right. Let’s call the first group of economists the neutralists. They would say that as long as inflation ...

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Time for Brazil to sharpen its diplomatic skills

After months of street protests and political revolt led Brazil’s legislature to suspend Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and put her on trial for fraud, it’s too early to say how the caretaker government will fare in her place. Little-loved interim President Michel Temer will be contending with both the fallout from the country’s toxic corruption scandal and a record economic ...

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Abu Dhabi stocks in worst run since Oct as Gulf markets drop

  BLOOMBERG Abu Dhabi stocks posted their longest losing streak since October amid a slump in trading across Gulf Arab equity markets as investors held out for more than a $1 billion worth of rights issues. The ADX General Index fell 1.1 percent, declining for the sixth straight day. Emirates Telecommunications Group Co., or Etisalat, the largest phone company in ...

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