Shawn Donnan

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U.S., China Explore Debt Relief Options To Avoid Emerging-Market Defaults

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The two nations are looking for an alternative to the high borrowing rates EM nations face in the market.

Pandemic Shrank Global Middle Class For First Time Since 1990s

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It marks an end to a pattern that has seen the global middle class expand without fail since the 1990s.

Biden Inherits Economic Laggards That Helped Doom Trump Campaign

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Across the U.S., counties that Biden won tended to have been hit harder economically by the pandemic.

One-Third Of America’s Record Unemployment Payout Hasn’t Arrived

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Policies struggle to cope with the unprecedented wave of layoffs.

How Cascading Job Losses Left America’s Safety Net In Shreds

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State governments are scrambling to cope with the historic surge in unemployment claims.

Trump Rebukes His Hardliners, Blocks New Curbs On China Sales

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Trump has once again intervened in U.S. trade relations - this time in favor of more open trade.

U.S. GDP Growth Masks Biggest Decline In Imports Since 2009

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The decline in imports could have had more to do with weakening U.S. domestic demand and business investment than anything else.

The U.S. Trade Deficit Is Narrowing For Reasons That Aren’t All Good

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Trump’s China tariffs are shifting trade flows in some intended ways. But not all signs are positive.

Trump Says China Deal In ‘Final Throes’ As Top Officials Speak

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Trump indicated that the U.S. and China are - still - close to completing phase one of a trade deal.

China’s Top Negotiator ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About Reaching Trade Deal

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Even amid a growing rift on Hong Kong, China is optimistic about a potential partial trade deal.

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