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The Donald exacerbates debt tsunami

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The biggest pile of dollar bonds ever is coming due, which raises the spectre of major defaults.
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​Globalisation is ticking along and it’s best not to mess with it

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"Information flows (internet traffic and phone calls, mainly) have exploded but trade and capital flows are still below their prerecession peaks."
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Will Trumpenstein wreck or bless?

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The president-elect’s victory speech was encouraging but his temperament keeps everyone guessing.
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Rand pares worst quarterly losing streak in 12 years on exports

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The rand strengthened, ending its longest quarterly losing streak in almost 12 years, as exporters converted earnings from abroad.
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Rand leads currency declines as bond yields rise to year high

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The rand fell and bond yields rose on Monday morning, as lower commodity prices reflected soft Chinese industrial production figures.
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Who’s afraid of the big bad cliff?

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With the United States election now over, the world waits with bated breath to see how the country will address its looming "fiscal cliff".
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Obama takes first swipe in year-end debt showdown

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US President Barack Obama claimed he has a mandate to hike taxes on the rich, firing his first post-election shot at Republicans.
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Obama handed a second term, but challenges await

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President Barack Obama has won a second term in the White House, overcoming deep doubts among voters about his handling of the US economy.
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Re-election: Obama won on the economy

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In the end, US President Barack Obama won re-election on the issue that was supposed to send him packing: the country's sluggish economy.
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Turning risk on its head

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With the US at risk of default, bonds and cash are a bigger risk than you realise.
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A snorkel or an aqualung?

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Another way to think about the prospects of recovery is last week's US wealth data. Americans lost a collective $12.7-trillion last year.
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Motown pleads for mo’ money

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The bosses of the United States' big three carmakers appeared before Congress last week to plead the case for a $25-billion government aid package.
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Borrow, buy, burn, bail out

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With the United States election just around the corner, who'd want to be in the shoes of either front-runner Barack Obama or John McCain?
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Bailing out Big Motor

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Having sabotaged eco-innovations, the motor industry is now demanding billions, writes George Monbiot.
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Not much can be done for taxpayers who face being fleeced

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It was a bad plan -- but it was a plan. The refusal of the US House of Representatives to back Hank Paulson's bail out takes us into new territory.
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