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Our dollar all-items index ended the year at its lowest level since September 2010 and 23% off its peak in February 2011
Monday January 23rd 2012
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Economics focus: Beefed-up burgernomics
A gourmet version of the Big Mac index suggests that the yuan is not that undervalued(12)
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House of horrors, part 2
The bursting of the global housing bubble is only halfway through(40)
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The hangover
America is recovering from the debt bust faster than European countries. Why?(6)
Asia's economies
China’s economy: Two twists in the dragon’s tail
China’s consumption ratio is no longer falling. Its reserves are no longer rising(7)
Banks
American banks: Losing altitude
Lenders can cheer for their own survival, and not much else(3)
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Optimal tax rates: Soak or swim
How to raise the highest rates without doing too much damage(8)
Europe's economies
Greece’s debt-holders: Volunteers wanted
Greece’s creditors would all have to take a massive hit to right its finances(45)
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Income inequality: Who exactly are the 1%?
The very rich in America increasingly work in finance, marry each other and care passionately about politics(138)
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