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      A defining moment for central banks

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      Trump and the future of the Republicans

      The party needs to figure out not just who should represent it but what it represents

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      The return of the ‘British disease’

      Brexit is one of the factors behind the UK’s economic underperformance

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      Nato’s weapons stockpiles need urgent replenishment

      Russia’s attack on Ukraine shows western militaries are ill-equipped for war

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      Adani affair is a test for India Inc

      Allegations from a New York financial firm have knocked $70bn off companies’ values

    • Sunday, 29 January, 2023
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      Another threat to UK media freedom

      A loosely worded bill conflates journalists and whistleblowers with spies

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
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      Coding is still a good career bet

      Tech job losses and AI advances do not mean computers can program themselves

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
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      China’s renewed embrace of the private sector

      Beijing has more work ahead to rebuild the trust of investors and business

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
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      Washington’s perilous debt ceiling impasse

      Congress must agree to raise the limit — and then ditch it for a saner measure

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
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      The case for sending western tanks to Ukraine

      Shift in Berlin’s stance on sending German Leopards is a breakthrough for Kyiv

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
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      Rishi Sunak’s government of disorder

      There are echoes of the Major years in a cabinet running short of ideas and authority

    • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
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      The EU and US must find common ground on subsidies

      Brussels and Washington need to avoid beggar-thy-neighbour measures

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      Curbing the dangers of the online world

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      The battle over European drug pricing

      UK and EU must balance health cost control with plans to grow life sciences

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      The Bank of Japan’s policy predicament

      Kuroda, or his successor, must solve challenges around yield curve control

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      Egypt’s deepening economic crisis

      Sisi needs to shrink the role of the state and military-owned companies

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      Central banks have varying roles in climate change

      What matters is that monetary policymakers follow mandates given by lawmakers

    • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
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      China’s rapid reopening will stir the global economy

      The end of ‘zero-Covid’ has implications for growth and inflation around the world

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      The dawning of the quantum age

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      The NHS needs a no-taboos review

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      The EU’s pioneering carbon border tax

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      Emmanuel Macron’s indispensable pensions overhaul

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      Brazil’s dangerous insurrection

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      First lesson: learning the value of maths

      Britain is belatedly waking up to the central role of numeracy in modern life

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