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Jan 29, 2020

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  • The U.S Federal Reserve started pumping more dollars into the U.S. financial system, one reason the dollar has weakened.
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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.

  • Crowdsourcing Econ 101
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    American firms doing business in China are learning how to navigate the coronavirus outbreak as the government limits people’s movements. Exploring a new economics textbook for the real world.

  • Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam (C) takes part in a press conference while wearing a facemask in Hong Kong on January 28, 2020, to update the territory on the situation concerning the SARS-like virus that has infected at least eight in the city and killed at least 106 people in mainland China. - Eight people are known to have the disease in Hong Kong, which of those, six arrived via a newly built high-speed train terminal that connects the city to the mainland. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

    Travel from mainland China to Hong Kong will be restricted as new cases of coronavirus are reported. The U.K. debates whether to ban telecom giant Huawei from its 5G infrastructure. Could free public transport convince people to ditch their cars?

  • Kobe Bryant attends the 90th Annual Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Feb. 5, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. He won an Academy Award in 2018 for his contributions to “Dear Basketball,” an animated short.
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    The effects of coronavirus on the markets. Apple’s upcoming earnings report. Kobe’s business forays away from basketball.

  • Players for the Los Angeles Sparks and Seattle Storm reach for a rebound during a game at in Los Angeles, California in 2019.
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    China extends the holiday to fight coronavirus. Tax season begins. Also, we break down the WNBA’s new deal.

  • Commuters in a Hong Kong subway station wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus ahead of the Chinese New Year on Jan. 23.
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    Chinese companies tell workers to stay at home. India’s government looks to sell stake in Air India. The carbon footprint of social media. 

  • A “good” economy does not equality make
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    The IMF warns inequality and lower trade pose risks to the global economy. European markets are on the upswing. A Danish study finds that offering parental leave is actually good for business.

  • Anti-Brexit activist Steve Bray poses in the hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels on January 23, 2020.
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    The spread of coronavirus puts a damper on travel plans for Lunar New Year in China. The Trump Administration goes after birth tourism. The U.K.’s tech startup industry seems immune to Brexit anxiety.

  • An investor looks at a screen showing stock market movements at a securities company in Fuyang in China's eastern Anhui province on January 23, 2020.  (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

    Vaccine makers rush to find a treatment for coronavirus. As the illness spreads, Asia markets shut down for Lunar New Year. Shop owners in Davos turned down cash to hand over their shops for the World Economic Forum.

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