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Down to earth. Interest rates will come down sharply in 2025. The global economy has had a series of shocks, including the pandemic, an inflation spike and the invasion of Ukraine.

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Jan 4, 2025 · The fight over America’s economy – Weekly edition of The Economist for Jan 4th 2025. You've seen the news, now discover the story.

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Nov 20, 2024 · How the superforecasters did. The superforecasters scored 4.5/8 with their forecasts for 2024, correctly calling China’s sub-5% GDP growth, Britain’s election, continued …

Finance & economics. An economics Nobel for work on why nations succeed and fail. Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson tackled the most important question of all

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Oct 17, 2024 · F ew sights have better captured America’s world-beating ingenuity. On October 13th a giant booster rocket built by SpaceX hurtled to the edge of the atmosphere before …