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World economy

A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a screen displaying a graph showing recent Nikkei share average outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Stocks gain as vaccine shields second wave worries

The US dollar, meanwhile, was marginally lower against the Antipodean currencies and oil prices crept higher

A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a screen displaying a graph showing recent Nikkei share average outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Asian shares rise on vaccine bets but analysts urge caution

A visitor wearing protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus, walks past in front of an electric screen displaying Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan March 2, 2020/ Reuters

Asian stocks rally as investors applaud vaccine development

People walk past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. Asian shares rose Monday on relief the US presidential election results were finally decided, with Joe Biden the president-elect. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu

Asian shares, US futures surge on relief US election decided

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Investors bet vaccine sparks revival in beaten down stocks

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal. Sketch: TBS

Finance Minister calls for recognition of expatriate Bangladeshis’ contribution in world economy

International Monetary Fund Chief Economist Gita Gopinath. Illustration: TBS

A long, uneven and uncertain ascent

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Covid-19 might not change the world

Nouriel Roubini, Professor of economics at New York University. Photo: Collected

What’s next for the global economy?

The World Bank’s Doing Business index has been both conceptually and operationally suspect since its inception in 2003. Photo: Project Syndicate

Stop doing business

PHOTO: FOTOVOYAGER/ISTOCK BY GETTY IMAGES via IMF Blog

Aging economies may benefit less from fiscal stimulus

Testing for coronavirus at a slaughterhouse in Germany. Low-earning and informal workers have been found to be most vulnerable to Covid-19 outbreaks. Photo: Bloomberg

The gig economy compromised our immune system

Monetary policies in developed countries, spur price hikes in commodity markets of emerging countries, as well as, instability and subdued growth. Photo: Collected

Emerging markets are going to pay the price again