News from Around the World
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Chinese corporate bonds set for another wave of defaultsChinese private companies may face an even more difficult ride in the domestic bond market in 2019 as billions of renminbi in maturing issuance conspire with reduced risk appetite, threatening an even bigger wave of defaults. |
Thu, Jan 17, 2019 |
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How is the US government shutdown impacting development?WASHINGTON — Catholic Relief Services received approval in early December from the U.S. Agency for International Development for an ongoing program in Malawi and submitted the necessary documents, but was then told by USAID it could not disburse the funds because of the partial U.S. government shutdown. |
Wed, Jan 16, 2019 |
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Brexit Vote: Parliament to Decide on E.U. Withdrawal PlanFor Britain, the big vote is finally here. After two and a half years of negotiation, argument, predictions and posturing, Parliament will finally decide on Tuesday on a bill that dictates the terms of Britain’s departure from the European Union, one of the most closely watched votes the lawmakers are likely to cast in their careers. |
Tue, Jan 15, 2019 |
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All Eyes on Corporate Guidance After Weak Economic DataTepid global economic data has triggered a razor-sharp focus among investors on corporate guidance. Economic reports in emerging and developed markets have been broadly below expectations, causing Citigroup economic surprise indexes in the two groups to fall to near their lowest levels since June. That the Citi gauges are negative suggests data in aggregate are missing economic expectations. |
Mon, Jan 14, 2019 |
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Government Shutdown Could End 99-Month Job Growth StreakThe partial government shutdown could cause the longest stretch of continuous job growth recorded in the U.S. to come to an end this month. |
Fri, Jan 11, 2019 |
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India has a growing impact investing industry, but can it scale?NEW DELHI — The growth in India’s mobile phone market has helped an unexpected sector — impact investing. |
Thu, Jan 10, 2019 |
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U.S.-China Trade Talks End. Now High-Level Talks Can Begin.BEIJING — Three days of trade negotiations between midlevel American and Chinese officials ended in Beijing on Wednesday afternoon with progress in identifying and narrowing the two sides’ differences but little sense of when they might reach a deal. The trade talks could help clear the way for higher-level talks later this month, when President Trump attends the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Vice Premier Liu He, China’s economic czar, is expected to come to Washington sometime after that. |
Wed, Jan 9, 2019 |
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EU ready to offer limited support to Theresa May on Brexit dealLeo Varadkar, Irish prime minister, has confirmed the EU is ready to provide new “written guarantees, explanations and assurances” to help Theresa May surmount huge opposition to her Brexit deal in the House of Commons next week. Mr Varadkar’s comments will give Mrs May hope, but many MPs are demanding legal guarantees that the so-called Irish backstop— which would create a “temporary” EU/UK customs union to avoid a hard border in Ireland — will not be a permanent arrangement. |
Tue, Jan 8, 2019 |
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World Bank President Jim Yong Kim Announces He Is Stepping DownWorld Bank President Jim Yong Kim announces he is stepping down at the end of January. |
Mon, Jan 7, 2019 | |
What to watch in US Congress in 2019WASHINGTON — On Capitol Hill, the new year brings with it new leadership of key committees, a divided Congress, a few development-related bills likely to be considered, and a fair amount of uncertainty about what’s in store after a period of bipartisan cooperation on development issues. |
Fri, Jan 4, 2019 |