Is growth in China soaring or slowing?

The answer depends on how you calculate growth

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John Williamson, who defined the “Washington consensus”, died on April 11th

His brainchild became caricatured. But it had never been a manifesto

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Profits at America’s banks are sky-high

It helps that the economy is on the up, and markets are soaring

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The appeal of emerging-market dollar bonds

For a start, the alternatives are hardly compelling

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American inflation shoots up to 2.6%

A data quirk and a reheating economy push up the consumer-price index

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The war against money-laundering is being lost

The global system for financial crime is hugely expensive and largely ineffective

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Coinbase’s listing may break records

But the success of the cryptoexchange is not guaranteed

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Totting up bitcoin’s environmental costs

Without regulation, mining in China could consume as much energy as Italy by 2024

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The IMF marks up the global recovery

America looks set to outperform

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Robert Mundell, an influential international economist, has died

He was considered the intellectual father of the euro

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