Clash of the Titans

The Economics Research Council hafve an event where they invite three professors from the top three university Economics Department in the Country (Cambridge, Oxford, LSE) to give their predictions for the coming year and the results are published on this website. It is interesting to see how the different departments predictions are, showing that economic data / forecast is extremely difficult to make. The link is also on the Useful Links box. http://www.ercouncil.org/clash-of-the-titans/

The truth behind UK migration figures

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19646459 Also: Annual net migration to UK falls below 200,000

New Bank of England Governor is Canadian

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-26/canada-s-carney-chosen-by-osborne-to-replace-king-as-boe-chief.html

The Rise and Rise of the Renminbi

http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2012/11/18/the-rise-and-rise-of-the-renminbi/

China’s growing influence in Africa

http://tribune.com.pk/story/428026/chinas-growing-influence-in-africa/

In China, To Get Rich Is Not So Glorious

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-11-16/to-get-rich-is-not-so-glorious

Six reasons why India's rupee is in freefall

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18201936

China's Economic Miracle - Really Good Infographics

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20069627

The Renminbi Challenge

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/can-china-have-an-international-reserve-currency-by-barry-eichengreen

Reshaping China’s Government-Services Supply Chain

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/reshaping-china-s-government-services-supply-chain-by-andrew-sheng-and-geng-xiao

Missing Growth Multipliers

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/flaws-in-the-imf-s-world-economic-outlook-by-ashoka-mody

Gas prices-fixing probe

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20307412

Economies and Diseconomies of Scale

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21565609-economies-scale-run-out-certain-point-largest-firms-america-may-be?fsrc=scn/tw/te/pe/landofcorporategiants

Bets over Chinese Growth: Continuing or Slowing Down

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19897695 http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2010/12/save_date

China: snapshot of a decade

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2012/nov/08/china-snapshot-of-a-decade

Is China more legitimate than the West?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20178655

Shoppers flock from China to the UK

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20188066

US & China

Two different articles on Project Syndicate on China and the US: http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/america-s-bipartisan-mistakes-about-china-by-stephen-s--roach http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-benefits-of-chinese-fdi-by-laura-tyson