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What China’s 5 Year Plan Should Really Say

It is good to have New Year’s resolutions. But it is better to have the right ones. The Communist Party […]

Emerging-Market Currencies Soar

Investors Push U.S. Dollar Lower, Further Fueling Tensions Among Economies Competing on Exports By DAVID WESSEL Currency markets, seeing few […]

The Impact of Brazil’s Presidential Elections: Different Roads, Similar Direction

From The Brookings Institution Whatever the outcome of Brazil’s presidential election on October 3, the government is unlikely to make […]

China to Overtake Japan in Global Wealth Rankings?

By Isabella Steger With China set to overtake Japan as the world’s second largest economy in 2010, the Chinese consumer […]

Cash Floods into China, Raising Pressure on Yuan

By Langi Chiang and Kevin Yao BEIJING | Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:18am EDT BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign exchange […]

The Brazilian Election Round Two – What Might Happen Next?

October 06, 2010 — President Lula seemed to have everything under control in his succession plan: the economy is expected […]

3 Share Nobel Economics Prize for Labor Analysis

Janerik Henriksson/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images A screen shot from the announcement in Stockholm on Monday shows the recipients of […]

Currency Rift With China Exposes Shifting Clout

Currency Rift With China Exposes Shifting Clout By SEWELL CHAN WASHINGTON — At a private dinner on Friday at the […]

Broken BRICs? Find The Answer Here…

THE BEAR’S LAIR By Martin Hutchinson With Brazil’s election still pointing, after a run-off, to a victory for leftist candidate […]

The Election That Really Matters

By Jim Jubak, JUBAK’S JOURNAL Sure, the US election could lead to political gridlock in Washington, but the vote that could […]