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Economists Seek Recession Clues in the Yield Curve
Business, Jon Hilsenrath, Published on 04/04/2022
» As yields on two-year Treasury notes last week moved above yields on 10-year notes, Wall Street analysts sent up warning flares.
Lockdowns in SE Asia Deepen Commodity Supply-Chain Pain
Business, Jon Emont, Published on 20/09/2021
» The recent surge in Covid-19 cases in Southeast Asia has throttled ports and locked down plantations and processors, sparking extended disruptions of raw materials such as palm oil, coffee and tin.
From Dutch Tulips to Internet Stocks, How to Spot a Financial Bubble
Business, Jon Hilsenrath, Published on 10/05/2021
» About 300 years ago, financiers in Europe found themselves agog about the financial prospects of novel trading companies granted special rights in international commerce by the governments of France and England.
China's path to net zero
Asia focus, Erik Berglöf, Published on 07/12/2020
» China is aiming to halt the rise in its carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. If it succeeds, the country will have gone, in less than 40 years, from being the world's largest CO2 emitter to bringing its emissions into balance.
The World After Covid Could Shake Up Business Flights
Business, Jon Sindreu, Published on 24/11/2020
» The aviation crisis triggered by 9/11 eventually made budget carriers the undisputed leaders in leisure flights. Covid-19 could give them the keys to business travel.
Business Jets Are Flying Again. Their Manufacturers Aren't.
Business, Jon Sindreu, Published on 20/07/2020
» Can a business jet ever be too cool for school? Surprisingly, it might.
Developing World Loses Billions in Money From Migrant Workers
Business, Jon Emont, Published on 07/07/2020
» Migrant workers--from Polish farmhands working the fields of southern France to Filipino cruise-ship workers in the Caribbean--who lost their jobs because of the pandemic's economic impact are running out of cash to send home, dealing a blow to the fragile economic health of the developing world.
Retailers Cancel Orders From Asian Factories, Threatening Millions of Jobs
Business, Jon Emont, Published on 27/03/2020
» Retailers are suspending and canceling clothing orders, threatening millions of factory jobs in Asia just as China shows signs of recovering from the worst of the coronavirus outbreak.
From Bangkok to the Boulevards of Paris, Absence of Chinese Tourists Hits Hard
Business, Julie Wernau, Jon Emont & Miho Inada, Published on 31/01/2020
» From the Galeries Lafayette in Paris to the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, tourist havens are feeling the absence of Chinese visitors, who normally would be flooding the globe during this Lunar New Year.
The Dog That Didn't Bark: What Soybean Prices Say About Trade Deal
Business, Jon Hilsenrath, Published on 21/01/2020
» In an 1892 mystery story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes figures out what happened to a missing racehorse named Silver Blaze by observing a dog that didn't bark in the night. Likewise, sometimes what doesn't happen in markets can be a clue to something significant.