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June 2020

‘Health Silk Road’ heats up as China and U.S. boost efforts amid coronavirus

China’s not the only one working on the “Health Silk Road.”  As Beijing pushes for global health leadership amid the […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has three directions, and all point to new cases well into 2021

In one scenario, there will be a series of outbreaks in the next one to two years, smaller than the […]

Latin America’s Fastest Economy Now Faces Worst Slump Since 1905

(Bloomberg) — Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, Colombia was forecast to be Latin America’s top-performing major economy for the second […]

What will schools look like when they open? See what other countries are doing

As the coronavirus pandemic slows in other countries, children are returning to classrooms with preventive measures such as face masks […]

Opinion: Russia is the world’s biggest loser from oil’s crash, and that’s reason to worry

Russia’s economy and power is highly dependent on oil and energy prices, writes George Friedman. Editor’s note: The opinions in […]

Coronavirus is changing home appraisals, and some borrowers don’t need them

The appraisal, that staple of the mortgage process, is changing fast during the coronavirus pandemic. In rare instances, appraisers are donning haz-mat […]

Is Gold Mirroring 1999 to 2011 Again?

Chris Vermeulen FX Empire Our research team continues to dig into underlying patterns and set up in the global markets […]

Over 4 million in US will contract coronavirus if states fully reopen: Wharton model

New numbers from the Penn Wharton Budget Model show that reopening states could cause positive coronavirus case numbers to tick as high […]

Here’s what gold does when the U.S. government goes on a borrowing binge

The U.S. government is going on a borrowing binge, with the fiscal deficit set to hit $4 trillion this year […]