Economy & Markets
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Gary Shilling: China’s Economic Glory Days Are Over
By Bernice NapachGary Shilling talked to ThinkAdvisor about why China "will grow old before she grows rich."
January 07, 2016
George Soros Sees Market Crisis That Echoes 2008China is struggling to find a new growth model and its currency devaluation is transferring problems to the rest of the world, Soros said.
January 07, 2016
Be Smart. Don't Try to Time the MarketOn the 35th anniversary of Joseph Granvilles regrettable sell everything call, a reminder to acknowledge our fallibility.
January 06, 2016
Clinton's Shrewd Plan to Stop InversionsPolitical campaigns are not generally known as ideal laboratories for devising sensible, innovative policies. Yet Hillary Clintons proposals to combat corporate inversions are just that.
January 06, 2016
Some FOMC Members Saw December Rate Rise as ‘Close Call’Some policymakers worried about too-low inflation and received assurances that their colleagues would closely monitor its progress.
January 06, 2016
Gallup: One-third of high-income earners cutting spendingThree in five Americans polled by Gallup in 2015 said they are cutting back on how much money they spend each week.
January 05, 2016
Why economists took so long to focus on inequalityIt was nice when no one was paying attention.
January 05, 2016
El-Erian: 5 Facts About the Market SelloffTurmoil in China, leading to sharp losses in European and U.S. markets, marked an inauspicious beginning to the year for investors, Mohamed El-Erian writes.