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What are negative interest rates?

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 22, 2019
While the U.S. waits on word of rate cuts, the global economy is seeing negative interest rates.
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Trade showdown

IMF's acting director on U.S. and China: "It takes two to tango"

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 5, 2019
"Both sides should sit down and talk more," says David Lipton of the International Monetary Fund.
Then-IMF First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton in 2018.
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Global slowdown could hold back U.S. economy

by Mitchell Hartman
Jul 29, 2019
In setting U.S. monetary policy, the Fed is eyeing the global impact of trade wars and other economic troubles.
A man looks at a screen showing global stock market information on the street in Tokyo on in 2015.
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The IMF cuts global growth outlook to 3.3 percent

by Kai Ryssdal , Daniel Shin and Liz Sanchez
Apr 9, 2019
A conversation with the IMF's chief economist about the lowest global growth rate since the financial crisis.
IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath speaks during a press conference in Washington, DC on April 9, 2019.
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Brexit

What Brexit means for business

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 28, 2019
A market owner, cheesemonger and bookseller discuss living with uncertainty.
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Brexit: What do you want to know?

by Kai Ryssdal and Daisy Palacios
Mar 12, 2019
Kai Ryssdal and the team are headed for the U.K. as the country navigates its exit from the European Union.
An anti-Brexit demonstrator waves a Union flag alongside a European Union flag outside the Houses of Parliament in London on March 28, 2018.
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OECD: Global economy is slowing

by Mitchell Hartman
Mar 6, 2019
The OECD predicts lower growth than last year, from China to North America.
The OECD predicts lower growth than last year, from China to North America.
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IMF's Christine Lagarde: a firefighter and an architect

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 21, 2019
The International Monetary Fund managing director on her dual role, the rise of inequality, the repercussions of the global trade war and women in finance.
Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, during the IMF and the World Bank Group 2018 spring meetings in Washington, D.C., in 2018.
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Goodyear CEO on the automotive industry and trade

by Kai Ryssdal and Daisy Palacios
Jan 23, 2019
How economic and political situations are impacting the international tire and auto market
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Maritime rule change could push up costs

by Stephen Beard
Jan 18, 2019
The United Nations agency regulating shipping wants ships to use cleaner fuel.
A container ship from China Shipping Line is loaded at the main container port August 13, 2007 in Hamburg, Germany.
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