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Stable Yuan Memorandum: More about shutting the door on depreciation

21 February 20191550751638

Reports are emerging that the US and China will agree on the need for a stable yuan as part of its trade deal. For ...

By Chris Turner and Iris Pang

THINK Outside

Mohamed El-Erian: The dialectic of global trade policy

21 February 20191550757350

It is often said that with risk comes opportunity. What initially was viewed as an unfortunate US shift to protectionism...

By Mohamed A. El-Erian

ECB: To twitch or not to twitch?

21 February 20191550756159

The minutes of the January meeting illustrate the European Central Bank's increasing concern. However, today...

By Carsten Brzeski

Russia: State of the Nation - more about the state

21 February 20191550749137

The budget will remain socially focused, local business climate still needs to find ways to overcome administrative...

By Dmitry Dolgin

Saving woes stretch retirement outlook

20 February 2019

People in Europe, the USA and Australia could be sleepwalking into long-term saving and spending problems. Download the ...

By Jessica Exton and Fleur Doidge

New Silk Railroad: The golden middle way

20 February 2019

China is investing billions of dollars in its Belt & Road initiative and that's creating new options for rail tr...

By Rico Luman

Higher US car tariffs would come at a bad time

15 February 2019

According to a report from press agency AFP, the US Department of Commerce has labelled the imports of cars a threat to ...

By Raoul Leering

THINK Outside

Mohamed El-Erian: The dialectic of global trade policy

It is often said that with risk comes opportunity. What initially was viewed as an unfortunate US shift to protectionism...

1550757350

ECB: To twitch or not to twitch?

The minutes of the January meeting illustrate the European Central Bank's&nb...

1550756159

Asia week ahead: Deal, no deal, or extended truce

Two key events that will push everything else into the background next week &nda...

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Poland: Weaker investment may hit GDP growth this year

Retail sales were close to expectations in January but construction ou...

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Stable Yuan Memorandum: More about shutting the door on depreciation

Reports are emerging that the US and China will agree on the need for a stable y...

1550751638

Russia: State of the Nation - more about the state

The budget will remain socially focused, local business climate still needs...

1550749137

Europe's (lack of) growth story

Watch: Plenty of reasons to be cheerful about Germany

ING's Carsten Brezeski is still optimisitc about Germany's economic futu...

Germany: The black eye just got blacker

The year 2018, which started off with expectations of the best growth performanc...

Poland: Eurozone slowdown finally hits strong Polish growth

4Q18 GDP grew by 4.9% YoY, down from 5.1% YoY in 3Q18. QoQ seasonally adjusted g...

The Netherlands: Solid GDP as global economy slows

While leading indicators point to a slowdown in the Dutch economy, the...

Portugal: Good end to the year, but slowdown set to continue

Fourth quarter growth was better than expected, but nonetheless, the economy slo...

Czech GDP growth accelerated to 2.9% at the end of 2018

Another surprise from the Czech economy. After January inflation accelerated to ...

Hungary: GDP growth surprises at 5%

Despite widespread expectations of a slowdown, the Hungarian economy flexed its ...

Hungary: Labour shortage pushes wages higher

Net average wages increased by 11.3% year-on-year in 2018 as a whole, while real...

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France: Is there light at the end of the tunnel?

The last business confidence surveys show that the wave of pessimism which ...

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Eurozone PMI: early signs of an economy pulling through

Evidence of a decent February for the Eurozone is mounting as the PMI increases ...

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The Commodities Feed: Aluminium output falls

Your daily roundup of commodity news and ING views

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Sleepwalking into retirement poverty - the latest ING International Survey

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Reports

2019 FX Outlook: Peak Dollar

The big question for 2019 is when will global asset markets be released from the stranglehold of high US interest rates ...

Report by Chris Turner, Petr Krpata, CFA and 9 others

New Silk Railroad: The golden middle way

China is investing billions of dollars in its Belt & Road initiative and that's creating new options for rail tr...

Report by Rico Luman

Saving woes stretch retirement outlook

People in Europe, the USA and Australia could be sleepwalking into long-term saving and spending problems. Download the ...

Report by Jessica Exton and Fleur Doidge

FX Talking: Clear and present danger

A Fed pause and a trade truce has encouraged investors to put money to work in 2019. This environment has fostered recov...

Report by Chris Turner and Petr Krpata, CFA

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Stable Yuan Memorandum: More about shutting the door on depreciation

Mohamed El-Erian: The dialectic of global trade policy

ECB: To twitch or not to twitch?

Russia: State of the Nation - more about the state

Saving woes stretch retirement outlook

New Silk Railroad: The golden middle way

Higher US car tariffs would come at a bad time

Mohamed El-Erian: The dialectic of global trade policy

Europe's (lack of) growth story

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George Papaconstantinou: A Very Greek Brexit?

J. Bradford DeLong: Debt Derangement Syndrome

George Soros: Europe, Please Wake Up

Nouriel Roubini: A Mixed Economic Bag in 2019

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