Simon Cox
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- The Economist24 min
Marching borders: what was Hizbullah’s plan?
Jason Palmer, Rosie Bloor, Anshul Pfeffer, Ana Laikas, Mario Grassi, Valedeiro, Tatiana Shore, Simon Cox
Amidst escalating strikes in southern Lebanon and discovered Iranian-backed fortifications near the Israeli border, Tel Aviv assesses its capacity for a prolonged multi-front war while awaiting geopolitical decisions influenced by the upcoming US presidential election. Simultaneously, Brazil is leveraging its tropical climate and degraded land to scale up voluntary carbon credit markets through mechanized reforestation, despite facing hurdles regarding land titles and logistical bottlenecks. Global innovation activity shows signs of contraction with a drop in patent filings driven by higher interest rates, though the World Intellectual Property Organization's latest index highlights that emerging economies like India and China continue to outperform their economic output in efficiency rankings.
- The Economist8 min
Inflation: could covid-19 cause prices to rise?
This analysis examines the collapse of the traditional Phillips curve relationship, which previously predicted that low unemployment would drive inflation, a dynamic that failed to materialize during the 2010s despite record-low joblessness. Various theories now compete to explain this anomaly, including anchored inflation expectations, globalization, and wage rigidity, while central banks have simultaneously shifted to unprecedented fiscal-monetary cooperation to address economic stagnation. Consequently, recent pandemic-era policies featuring massive government stimulus and near-zero interest rates aim to finally breach the persistent low-inflation trap and restore stable price growth.