Sounds like a crazy statement to make about the world’s largest trading bloc, comprising 400 million people, you may think. But not if you consider the EU’s own aspirations and ambitions, captured in Mario Draghi’s voluminous report. The EU’s own predicament faced with the raging Ukranian conflict with Russia on the one hand, and with… Continue reading The EU Needs to Look Beyond Trade for Growth
We’re into the last quarter of 2024, the year of anticipated slowdown in the global economy. While we’re still awaiting the September quarter GDP growth figures for major economies around the world, it might be safe to say that the worst has been averted. That there isn’t a recession waiting around the corner. A few… Continue reading Reading the Slo-Mo Global Economy
We’re nearing the end of 2023, and it appears that most economies have managed to stave off a recession, except Germany, Austria, Poland and Sweden among advanced economies that might still close the year a little in the cold. Ireland too looks surprisingly weak in 2023, but not if you consider the previous two years… Continue reading What To Expect from the Global Economy in 2024
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