OPINION/EDITORIAL

Widening Gaps: Regional Inequality within Advanced Economies

October 9, 2019/IMFBlog By John Bluedorn, Weicheng Lian, Natalija Novta, and Yannick Timmer Differences in economic performance between regions within countries can be large and sometimes even larger than between countries. For example, average real GDP per person in the United States is about 90 percent higher than in Slovakia. […]

Inflation Set to Buck its Declining Trend

Culled—Proshare October 9, 2019 By FDC Our survey shows that headline inflation in September is likely to spike to 11.22%. This is coming after three months of consecutive decline. This spike in the general price level would be driven partly by the closure of the Seme border which has resulted […]

The Impact Of Impeachment On Trade War Talks

9/10/2019/OilPrice.com   –    U.S. oil exports increased from an average of 966,000 bpd in the first half of 2018 to an average of 2.9 mb/d in the same period this year.  –    In June 2019, the U.S. set an average monthly record high of 3.2 mb/d.  –    The U.S. still […]