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What can a donut teach us about economics?
Donut Economics is a new school of economics, that hopes to change it forever. The main idea behind donut economics is that we should...
The First Swiftie: John Maynard Keynes
We all have heard of 'Swiftonomics', the story of how Taylor is keeping the American economy out of a recession by getting Americans to...
Can burger prices predict currency values? (Hint: The law of one price)
If you've not heard of it before, the Big Mac index is an index published by the Economist, and it uses the price of a Big Mac to predict...
Is China going Japan's way?
Among its housing market downturn, and its post-COVID recovery grinding to a halt, China might be heading for a lost decade. The housing...
The Turkish Central Bank Raises Rates for the Fourth Consecutive Time
The Turkish Central Bank raised its policy rate for the fourth consecutive time in this week's meeting, to 30% in a 500 basis point...
Fed Holds Rates steady, but signals one more rate hike until the end of the year
The Fed announced that it would keep its policy rate stable a few minutes ago, but it also signaled that another rate hike is due this...
5 percentage point rate hike expected from TCMB at next week's meeting
The Turkish Central Bank surprised everyone with a 750 basis point(7.5 percent) rate hike in their last meeting when the consensus was...
What does the rising price of oil mean for the Fed?
The Fed will announce its rate decision at 2 p.m. tomorrow, they are expected to keep rates steady. However, the rising price of crude...
China is not the US's biggest trading partner anymore, Mexico is
China was overtaken by Mexico in exports to the United States, China made up 14.2% of US Exports last quarter while Mexico made up 15%....
Job Market Data Shows Cooling
The Labor market data for June shows that the labor market is cooling, as the number of job openings reaches the lowest level since...
Are ESG investment funds hurting the environment? (Solution: Cooperation)
ESG has been a very popular word in the business world in the last couple of years, as it should. ESG investing funds started as a result...
Too hard on the brakes? Turkey increases policy rate to 25%
The Turkish Central Bank increased the policy rate from 17.5% to 25% today, which was above the consensus expectation of 20%, which was...
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