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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
Our dollar all-items index ended the year at its lowest level since September 2010 and 23% off its peak in February 2011
A gourmet version of the Big Mac index suggests that the yuan is not that undervalued(12)
The bursting of the global housing bubble is only halfway through(40)
America is recovering from the debt bust faster than European countries. Why?(6)
China’s consumption ratio is no longer falling. Its reserves are no longer rising(7)
Lenders can cheer for their own survival, and not much else(3)
How to raise the highest rates without doing too much damage(8)
Greece’s creditors would all have to take a massive hit to right its finances(45)
The very rich in America increasingly work in finance, marry each other and care passionately about politics(139)
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