That's Interesting
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BoJ: What Drives China’s Growth? Evidence from Micro-level Data
05th December, 2018The linked Bank of Japan research paper discusses the sustainability of China’s rapid growth mainly based on the estimation of the corporate-level total factor productivity of Chinese listed firms.
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The Great Telegraph Breakthrough of 1866
08th November, 2018“The transatlantic telegraph cable amounted to the information revolution of the day, tying global markets together in unprecedented ways.”
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Planet Money – Episode 864: The Central (Bankers’) Question
07th November, 2018“It used to be central bankers had a powerful lever to guide the pace of the economy: The ability to raise or lower interest rates…But lately, the lever hasn’t been behaving like the textbooks say it should.”
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The spectacular power of Big Lens
24th September, 2018A long article but it provides an interesting insight into the eyewear industry and the two dominant companies within it that are in the process of merging.
Essilor is a prescription lens business that manufactures a large share of the worlds prescription lenses and Luxottica is known by many consumers through its retail brand Sunglass Hut.
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St Louis Fed: How Did South Korea’s Economy Develop So Quickly?
30th July, 2018A look at how the South Korean economy industrialised, taking it from an agriculture-based economy in the 1960’s to become the 11th largest economy in the world in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2016.
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IMF Working Paper: Australia’s Linkages with China
24th May, 2018China and Australia have increasingly strong links, especially through trade. These links are influenced by China’s transition to a services-driven, consumer-led economy. Three risks (both upside and downside) to China during this transition process are considered, focusing on their spillovers to Australia.
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