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COMPARING QUANTITATIVE EASING PROGRAMS

Europe and Japan are the two remaining major central banks that are actively pursuing a program of quantitative easing.

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Russia Prepares to Slash Its Budget

In the coming weeks, the Russian Cabinet and state Duma will draw up proposals for cuts to the Russian state budget for 2015. According to Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, the government could cut 10 percent of funding to all sectors except defense.

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China's credit matrix: Leaders in debt

A significant evolution is underway in how China manages its rising levels of local government debt. On May 14, the Chinese government announced that by September, it would complete the first phase of a new plan that allows local governments to swap outstanding loans for low-yield, slow-maturing local bonds.

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European Central Bank Announces a New Quantitative Easing Program

The European Central Bank(ECB) announced its intention to undertake a program to purchase the debt of eurozone countries, otherwise known as quantitative easing, on
Jan. 22.

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In the Eurozone, Smaller Businesses Struggle for Financing

On April 26, the European Central Bank released a report analyzing the financial situations of small and medium sized enterprises in the eurozone between October 2012 and March 2013.more »

What China's Economic Slowdown Means for Latin America

A looming slowdown in the Chinese economy promises trouble for China's economic partners in Latin America, especially commodity exporters.more »

Compass: Draghi's Vault - The Future of Quantitative Easing in the Eurozone

The European Central Bank appears to have a plan to raise inflation rates that does not include quantitative easing, at least not for now.more »

Compass: China's Next Moves - How Changes in Outward Investment Will Affect the Global Economy

China has begun to change the way it invests abroad. How will those changes affect the Chinese economy?more »

China and South Korea Reach a New Trade Agreement

The conclusion of free trade negotiations between China and South Korea marks merely the latest in a series of new trade deals in the Asia-Pacific region.more »

Compass: The United States, Europe and East Asia - How the Three Pillars of the Global Economy Will Fare in 2015

In 2015, the world will be seven years removed from the global financial crisis of 2008.more »

Doing Too Little, Too Late, to Fix Europe's Economy

A new year has brought new ideas for solving Europe's economic problems. This time, they include variations on quantitative easing. more »

Ukraine's Economy Needs Russia

Despite Russia's annexation of Crimea and fighting in Ukraine's east, Ukraine and Russia remain economically intertwined.more »

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