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Passersby are reflected on a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Global Economy

Global shares decline on Omicron uncertainty

An employee measures a newly manufactured ball mill machine at a factory in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
Global Economy

Factories facing supply headaches as Omicron risks emerge

Shoppers browse in a supermarket while wearing masks to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in north St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant/File Photo
Global Economy

OECD says inflation is main risk to economic outlook

Banks can point to the Omicron variant as a scapegoat for their failure in handling our current inflation. Photo: Bloomberg
Global Economy

For central banks, Omicron is another word for ‘reset’

Economists game out how Omicron will hurt the global recovery
Global Economy

Economists game out how Omicron will hurt the global recovery

Gulf states are caught in the middle of the US-China cold war
Analysis

Gulf states are caught in the middle of the US-China cold war

Passersby wearing protective masks are reflected on an electronic board displaying stock prices outside a brokerage amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan, September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Global Economy

Stocks slip, havens rally as new Covid-19 variant spooks investors

A street sign for Wall Street is seen outside of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, New York, U.S., June 28, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Global Economy

Tech weakness keeps Wall Street under pressure

Though officials believe the worst may be over, it may take months to untangle the global transportation system linking factories to consumers. Photo: Bloomberg
Analysis

Every step of the global supply chain is going wrong — all at once

A visitor at the closed booths of the cancelled Christmas market in Munich, on Nov. 20. Photographer: Lukas Barth/Getty Images
Analysis

Second winter of woe threatens global economy

European stocks notch all-time highs on earnings, Xi-Biden talks
Global Economy

European stocks notch all-time highs on earnings, Xi-Biden talks

The drivers of the US economy. Photographer: Allison Farrand/Bloomberg
Global Economy

Inflation is now global, but the traps are local

Clients, wearing protective face masks, queue in line in front of a Louis Vuitton shop inside the department store Le Printemps Haussmann in Paris following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, May 28, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Global Economy

Global luxury sales set to outpace pre-Covid levels this year, Bain says