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US inflation and unemployment forecasts seem to make a case for additional quantitative easing, says Chief US Economist Kevin Logan.

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Time for a theory of eurozone relativity Stephen King, Group Chief Economist 20/02/2012 preview

Time for a theory of eurozone relativity

The eurozone's Ptolemaic system should be replaced. It's time to come up with a theory of eurozone relativity.

A new type of Chinese junk Week in China 17/02/2012 preview

A new type of Chinese junk

Regulators in China are pushing to introduce high-yield debt (or 'junk bonds') in their own capital markets.

Ich bin ein Beijinger Week in China 10/02/2012 preview

Ich bin ein Beijinger

China's trading relationship with Germany is deepening, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel visiting the country to get help for the eurozone debt crisis.

Is lower US unemployment too good to be true? Kevin Logan, Chief US Economist 08/02/2012 preview

Is lower US unemployment too good to be true?

The rapid decline in the US unemployment rate should not be taken as an accurate indication of the improvement in labour market conditions.

Is economic improvement a false dawn? Karen Ward, Senior Global Economist 07/02/2012 preview

Is economic improvement a false dawn?

The issue of political deadlock in the USA and the eurozone continues to be unresolved, affecting the promise of a recovery in the global economy in 2012.

We can't reboot the economy without sacrifice Stephen King, Group Chief Economist 07/02/2012 preview

We can't reboot the economy without sacrifice

The UK must realise that economic recovery entails personal and collective sacrifices.

US prepares for the next round of QE Kevin Logan, Chief US Economist 02/02/2012 preview

US prepares for the next round of QE

United States inflation and unemployment forecasts seem to justify quantitative easing. To help the housing market, the Fed is likely to purchase agency mortgage-backed securities.

A thousand years on, an updated Silk Road will bypass the West Stephen King, Group Chief Economist 30/01/2012 preview

A thousand years on, an updated Silk Road will bypass the West

With Western capitalism battered and bruised, state capitalism appears to have strengthened – and with it the makings of a new world order.

Osborne sees red Week in China 27/01/2012 preview

Osborne sees red

British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne is aiming for the UK to be 'the home of Asian investment in Europe' and for London to be Europe's renminbi hub.

Fed funds rate: lower for even longer Kevin Logan, Chief US Economist; Lawrence Dyer, Strategist; Robert Lynch, Strategist 25/01/2012 preview

Fed funds rate: lower for even longer

Policies to control inflation in the brink of still-high unemployment rate may seem to beck another call for quantitative easing in the land of the dollar bill.