"It is imperative that China’s leaders address financial-system vulnerabilities, especially the corporate sector’s high leverage ratio. But it is even more important that they take action to counter a persistent slowdown in economic _...Read More_

"Direct lending is attracting attention from both private and institutional investors thanks to its steady performance and appealing returns. But the overall size and composition of this market is already difficult to assess, and the _...Read More_

"The country’s economy slowed sharply last quarter, but there is little sign so far of a major shift to support growth. That may reflect overconfidence on Beijing’s part."

"Conventional development is not delivering for people or planet. If countries in the Global South are to nourish and provide for their populations within ecological limits they will first need to break their financial dependence on _...Read More_

>"China's economy grew just 4.9% in the third quarter of 2021, the weakest rate of expansion in a year as the country contends with a major energy crunch, supply chain disruptions, and deepening debt woes in its outsized property _...Read More_

"Free trade fatigue and strained supply chains were already fracturing the system before the virus accelerated nationalist impulses towards autarky or self-reliance"

"There are clear signs that we are now entering a new era in which industrialization will no longer be as potent in spreading the benefits of economy-wide productivity gains."

>"Problems facing slowing UK economy means Bank needs to avoid making things even harder"

"Despite some eerie echoes, the past is not the best guide to the present."

"Zero-sum thinking was adaptive in a world of tribal conflict, but isn’t in a modern society."

>"Supply chain shortages and price rises could lead to the zero growth and high inflation seen in the 1970s"

"For decades, workers have been missing out on many of the gains of economic growth, and countless analyses have been published to explain why. Though the problem is fundamentally economic, it cannot be understood without also accounting _...Read More_

"Ministers must sit down with businesses to work out a recovery plan to stop Britain’s economy falling into recession"

"Italy has endured more than two decades of slow economic growth and below-potential performance. But two factors now seem to be changing the game: the creation of a credible and effective government and a newfound willingness on the part _...Read More_

>"It is simply not possible to carry on at the current level of economic activity without destroying the environment, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot"