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ECONOMY

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 13, 2021
BOJ will offer cautiously upbeat view as COVID-19 curbs weigh, say sources
Renewed state-of-emergency measures intended to combat the pandemic are likely to hurt consumption and keep growth heavily reliant on overseas demand.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2021
The stickiness of pandemic-driven economic behavior
In a survey of 5,000 full-time employees in nine countries, 52% said they would like a hybrid remote-work plan in the future, a 22-percentage-point increase compared to before the pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2021
Didi’s data wars will become the new normal
The real issue is more basic, however: It's national security. Like all such services, Didi collects vast amounts of user location and trip route data for legitimate business purposes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 12, 2021
How to keep crypto from crashing the financial system
The volatility, transaction costs and carbon footprint of Bitcoin, for example, have made it largely useless for purposes other than speculation and ransomware (and even there it has flaws).
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2021
South Korea's container squeeze throws exporters into costly gridlock
While the shipping squeeze caused by the pandemic is a global problem, the congestion at a transit hub like Busan has made things worse for smaller Korean exporters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 12, 2021
Japan's May machinery orders rise 7.8%, up for third month in a row
The jump in core orders indicates a modest revival in corporate spending, seen by policymakers as necessary to accelerate Japan's tepid recovery.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2021
China’s fading ‘first-in, first-out’ rebound sends global warning
Economists say the recovery's softening has come sooner than expected and could now ripple across the world.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2021
Building the inclusive, networked U.N. we need
The U.N. has never been more vital. But it needs renewed imagination, vigorous adaptation to changing global circumstances and emboldened advocates from within and outside governments.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Jul 8, 2021
India supercharged its economy 30 years ago. COVID-19 unraveled it in months.
Years, and perhaps decades, of progress have been unwound in months, as many Indians who had clawed their way out of poverty face grim job prospects.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 7, 2021
Japan expected to deliver at least ¥20 trillion in new stimulus
The new spending would come as Suga looks to shore up support amid widespread dissatisfaction with his handling of the virus and a vaccine rollout that's lagged other developed nations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2021
The real reason no one wants to be a banker anymore
Analysts say banks are becoming more like machines, 'with less dependency on human capital.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2021
China’s war against poverty may not be all that it seems
“Much of the poverty reduction in the first years after 1978 was simply a result of reversing bad Maoist policies,' according to one U.N. economist.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jul 6, 2021
When will China rule the world? Maybe never.
A combination of reform failure, international isolation and financial crisis could halt China before it reaches the top.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 4, 2021
The right economic advice for the pandemic recovery
The challenge now is to devise a recovery strategy that recognizes the implications of today's global economic interdependence.

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