When will the next recession begin?

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A 2020 US recession “According to the June 11 business section of the USA Today, many experts say in 2020 for the United States. If it happens, it would be the

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Making China great again 

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Principal Global Investors’ Chief Global Economist, Bob Baur, Ph.D., weighs in on the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. President Xi Jinping’s opening session speech “In his three-and-a-half-hour, 32,000-word

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Global expansion may have reached a self-sustaining velocity

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Clear signs that global expansion is on track The global economic recovery that began in early 2016 has reached a self-sustaining velocity. Momentum is likely peaking, but solid growth should

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RBA policy suggests mining slump is over, says Principal Global Investors 

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Global economic engine is chugging along “The synchronised global economic expansion now underway is the latest in a series of transitions the world economy has recently experienced. In 2015, the world

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“Like the Energiser Bunny, the global upturn just keeps on going,” says Principal Global Investors

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Principal Global Investors’ Chief Global Economist, Bob Baur, Ph.D., delves into the July meeting minutes from the Fed and ECB. Inflation, interest rates, and monetary policy “Officials at both the

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Global growth is synchronised, broad-based and healthy, says Principal Global Investors

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Principal Global Investors’ Chief Global Economist, Bob Baur, Ph.D., details the growth expansion of four main economic areas, and how the rest of the world is being pulled along. Is

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10 years of economic quagmire showing signs of drawing to a close, says Principal Global Investors

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Principal Global Investors’ Chief Global Economist, Bob Baur has called the likely end of the economic quagmire that began with the U.S. financial crisis in mid-2007. Is the global economy

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Stock market: Topping or consolidation?

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Principal Global Investors’ Chief Global Economist, Bob Baur, weighs in on Wall Street’s Trump-Slump worries and why dovish Central Banks are slow to see the global upturn. “The U.S. and

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Trump’s First Month: The Global Impact

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On January 20, 2017, Donald J Trump was inaugurated as the 45th U.S. president. The implications of his subsequent actions vary across the globe. Principal Global Investors’ Chief Global Economist

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Central banks again in the spotlight

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Central Banks are back in the spotlight this week. The Fed has postponed rate action again while the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has announced two policy changes. Principal Global Investors

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