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By Kevin P. Gallagher and Rebecca Ray   BOSTON – According to new estimates, China now finances overseas development at nearly

By Kevin P. Gallagher & Rebecca Ray   BOSTON – According to new estimates, China now finances overseas development at nearly

By Joseph E. Stiglitz   NEW YORK – US President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to appoint Janet Yellen as the next Secretary of the

By John B. Taylor STANFORD – No US secretary of the treasury will have spoken out so often and with as much authority about monetary

By  Carlos Lopes CAPE TOWN – This was supposed to be the year Europe and Africa redefined their relationship. In March, the European

By Kristalina Georgieva & Sigrid Kaag   WASHINGTON, DC/THE HAGUE – Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the global economy is

By George Soros   NEW YORK – Hungary and Poland have vetoed the European Union’s proposed €1.15 trillion ($1.4 trillion)

By Kenneth Rogoff  CAMBRIDGE – With alternative assets such as gold and Bitcoin thriving in the pandemic, some top economists

By Alain Ebobissé   CASABLANCA – For Africa, the COVID-19 pandemic will likely mean negative GDP growth at unprecedented rates.

By Terry Chan & Alexandra Dimitrijevic   NEW YORK – As countries, companies, and households confront the COVID-19 pandemic’s