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US ECONOMY

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BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2021
The chip-shortage recovery will be rocky, as Apple can attest
Even with some supplies getting closer to normal, firms still lack the components needed to complete their complex tech devices.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2021
How climate change can bring Latin America back
For Latin America, this quickening green transition could attract hundreds of billions in investment, help spur an economic recovery and let nations leapfrog technologically.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2021
Beijing's big tech crackdown means a bad summer for investors everywhere
Beijing's crackdown over the weekend on for-profit school tutoring is just one part of a much wider reshape of the tech economy in China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 27, 2021
The changing map of economics
The global economy and capitalism are at a crossroads, with the COVID-19 being the primary impetus for this view, followed by climate change, digital technology and changing labor markets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 27, 2021
Even as Beijing's grip tightens, Hong Kong maintains status as finance hub
More than a year after the crackdown began, signs of an investor exodus are hard to find.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 27, 2021
Global growth to stay strong but virus variants the top risk, economists say
A global survey of nearly 500 economists taken this month also concluded that recent rising inflation in key economies around the world would be transitory.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jul 25, 2021
Global supply chains buckle as virus variant and disasters strike
Events have conspired to disrupt the fragile flow of raw materials, parts and consumer goods, according to companies, economists and shipping specialists.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 22, 2021
Imagine the COVID-19 economy before Amazon and Zoom
Online services such as Zoom and Amazon have proven their worth during the pandemic. And COVID-19 may ultimately push our society to learn new ways of using digital technologies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 20, 2021
Tokyo Olympics then and now highlight long arc of Japan’s technology decline
As Tokyo again prepares to host the Games this week, Japan is in a technological funk — its heyday of setting the pace far behind it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 20, 2021
Japan's core consumer prices up 0.2% on year in June
However, the increase, driven largely by higher energy costs, was much smaller than that of other major economies due to weak consumption.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 20, 2021
GPIF copycat fund bucks the trend to invest in Chinese debt
The move involves the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan, or PMAC, which provides pension services to private school workers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 16, 2021
Japan’s quiet Olympics
Whatever happens this summer, Prime Minister Suga will face a party leadership election in September, and then a general election before the end of the full term in October.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2021
BOJ joins global climate change fight with green loan incentives
The BOJ said it would offer banks interest-free funds for climate-linked loans or investments and exempt more of their reserves from its negative interest rate.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 15, 2021
Making trade work for everyone
A fuller understanding of the uneven distributional effects of trade — put simply, who gains and who loses, where and why — is critical to design better supporting policies.

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