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  • Monday, 18 October, 2021
    FT AlphavilleUK inflation
    The Bank of England is in a tight spot

    Damn, or be damned.

  • Thursday, 14 October, 2021
    FT AlphavilleTransport
    The flaws behind Biden’s open-all-hours ports strategy

    Demanding the logistics industry works round the clock won’t ease logjams, buying less stuff would.

  • Wednesday, 13 October, 2021
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    Dockworkers on supply chains; Krugman on prizewinners; tech millionaires going off on one; and much more . . . 

  • Thursday, 7 October, 2021
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    Shipping costs have finally slumped

    Power shortages and Covid outbreaks in China have halved spot rates on one route.

  • Wednesday, 6 October, 2021
    World
    Nat gas goes parabolic, again

    It’s giving us the chills.

  • Tuesday, 5 October, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    We could be re-entering postwar Britain, not the 1970s

    Capital Economics note looks at parallels between the middle of the 20th century and now, and draws on implications for interest rates.

  • Friday, 1 October, 2021
    World
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    Minting coins; Merkel’s farewell; The Sopranos; and more.

  • Thursday, 30 September, 2021
    FT AlphavilleUS government shutdown
    #Mintthecoin to avoid societal collapse?

    The MMT solution raises its dismal head again.

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    FT Alphaville
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    Trouble at the top of the IMF; Evergrande; common chargers for the common market; and much more.

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  • Wednesday, 15 September, 2021
    Trade Secrets
    High demand is the oft-neglected aspect of supply-side shortages Premium content

    As we lament shipping delays and semiconductor scarcity, the mad dash for consumer durables is sometimes forgotten

  • Tuesday, 14 September, 2021
    Global Economy
    Twitter spaces with Adam Tooze

    This Friday we’re hosting the most prolific man in economic history to chat about policymakers’ mammoth response to the pandemic and what comes next.

  • Monday, 13 September, 2021
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    Ant split says more about money than Ma

    What’s really at stake are the sociopolitical implications of who controls the digital monetary system.

  • Friday, 10 September, 2021
    FT Alphaville
    Further reading

    Stock-owning Fed presidents; crypto cruises; EV emissions; and more

  • Tuesday, 7 September, 2021
    FT AlphavilleTransport
    The sunk cost of shipping to the UK

    Another example of widening gaps between global trade’s haves and have-nots.

  • Tuesday, 7 September, 2021
    FT Alphaville
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    The other Afghan women; Kim Kardashian; profound transformations; and much more

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    Global Economy
    Here’s what globalisation has done to inflation

    We’re not sure we buy Powell’s argument that this trend survive the pandemic unscathed.

  • Friday, 27 August, 2021
    ExplainerFT Alphaville
    Who’s really feeling the shipping cost squeeze?

    The bulk of the burden is falling on smaller customers as shipping freight rates decommoditise.

  • Wednesday, 25 August, 2021
    US-China trade dispute
    Supply chains are a mess. So how come trade is booming?

    At first glance, the economic headlines make for some mixed messages

  • Friday, 13 August, 2021
    Currencies
    Happy 50th fiat!

    Governments ought to raise a glass to the paper stuff.

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    World
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  • Wednesday, 11 August, 2021
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    At what point does inflation really start to matter?

    It’s the most important question in macro right now. But there’s no clear answer.

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    Supply chains
    There’s yet another surge in shipping costs

    All is not well in the market for ocean freight. Again

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    The risks of China’s African lending

    A combination of opacity and the strings attached could leave debtors in a bind when it comes to accessing more credit

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