The Economist - USA (2020-07-25)

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The EconomistJuly 25th 2020 3 1 Contents continues overleaf Contents The world this week 5 A summary of political andbusinessnew ...

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The EconomistJuly 25th 2020 5 For our latest coverage of the virus and its consequences please visit economist.com/ coronavirus ...

6 The EconomistJuly 25th 2020 The world this week Business Chevronsaid it would acquire Noble Energyin a deal worth $13bn, the f ...

Leaders 7 I t is sometimessaidthatgovernmentswastedtheglobalfinan- cial crisis of 2007-09 by failing to rethink economic policy ...

8 Leaders The EconomistJuly 25th 2020 1 W hentheleadersoftheEuropeanUnionagreedthisweek ona €750bn($869bn)packagetohelpmembers’e ...

The EconomistJuly 25th 2020 Leaders 9 1 2 soned municipal water, still has some manufacturing jobs and a decent university. Howe ...

10 Leaders The EconomistJuly 25th 2020 2 bank lending to companies slumped? Private data are bad, too. In 2019 sales at the bigg ...

11 The OPEC Fund for International Development The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund), based in Vienna, Aus ...

12 The EconomistJuly 25th 2020 Lettersarewelcomeandshouldbe addressedtotheEditorat TheEconomist,TheAdelphiBuilding, 1-11 JohnAda ...

TheEconomistJuly 25th 2020 13 1 I n the formit is known today, macroeco- nomics began in 1936 with the publica- tion of John May ...

14 BriefingA new era of economics The EconomistJuly 25th 2020 2 1 sumption and investment than the money supply. Central banks’ ...

The EconomistJuly 25th 2020 BriefingA new era of economics 15 2 1 president of the European Central Bank with a call for fiscal ...

16 BriefingA new era of economics The EconomistJuly 25th 2020 2 ist, but the brute-force method is to abolish at least high-deno ...

TheEconomistJuly 25th 2020 17 1 A nkit paland Tushar Singh have a few things in common. They are 19 and 18 years old respectivel ...

18 Asia The EconomistJuly 25th 2020 2 sport a moustache, ride a horse or, worst of all, woo someone above their station. The per ...

The EconomistJuly 25th 2020 Asia 19 1 W hen turkmenistan’spresident did a spot of fishing recently, he brought a snazzy accessor ...

20 Asia The EconomistJuly 25th 2020 2 Banyan South China scene C hina hasbeen trying to turn the South China Sea, which is bigge ...