Stephen Ryan

Senior Producer, BBC World Service/Marketplace (in London)

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Jan 31, 2020
Settled status update
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China’s latest economic data are looking good thanks to some “creative” accounting. European bank regulators are figuring out which stress tests are the best to prognosticate a downturn. EU citizens in the U.K. navigate their post-Brexit status paperwork.
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Jan 31, 2020
We’re running out of money to fight an outbreak
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Federal funding to fight a pandemic in the U.S. will run out soon if Congress doesn’t renew the program. Brexit might force the U.K. to choose between Europe and the U.S.
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Jan 31, 2020
It’s Brexit day
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Following over 1,000 days of wrangling, the U.K. prepares to leave the E.U. Could luxury UK carmaker Aston Martin be saved by an F1 billionaire?
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Jan 30, 2020
There’s an appetite for a Scotch exit
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The Fed moves to ease banking restrictions set in the Volcker Rule. Oil companies are dealing with a lack of demand and, more recently, the coronavirus outbreak. Politicians in Scotland are looking at Brexit as a way to break away from the U.K. themselves.
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Jan 30, 2020
Sunday mourning coming down
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Business closures in China continue as coronavirus spreads. The Fed is set to vote on easing banking rules. Rethinking Super Bowl ads following the tragic death of beloved NBA star Kobe Bryant.
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Jan 30, 2020
Diageo bets on African growth
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The coronavirus continues to affect travel. What to expect from the Bank of England. How African beer sales may help Diageo weather trade uncertainty.
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Jan 29, 2020
What happens when there are no jobs left for robots to steal?
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Boeing is among the companies with newfound interest from investors. Economist Daniel Susskind warns automation could bring unprecedented levels of inequality.
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Jan 29, 2020
Paul Krugman: Nobel Prize winner, zombie slayer
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Airlines suspend flights in and out of China as coronavirus grinds the country to a halt. How Tesla turned things around in a year. Plus, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman thinks some ideas should just stay dead.
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Jan 29, 2020
Chinese economy on lockdown
Chinese citizens express their worries over jobs and price hikes during the Coronavirus outbreak. Apple’s results tempered by concern about factories in Wuhan.
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Jan 28, 2020
New year. New me. New FOMC.
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Markets adjust to the spreading coronavirus outbreak. The Federal Reserve’s group in charge of interest rates gets new members in the new year. Nick Kristof expounds the virtues of taking an economics class.
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