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Investors worry about the Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte
Features It has been two years since Rodrigo Duterte took office in the Philippines. The economy is growing at over 6% a year, and incomes are rising. But could there be turbulence ahead?
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A whole generation is about to learn that interest rates don’t just go down
Features Interest rates may have risen, but they’re still lower than at virtually any time in history. The only way is up, says John Stepek. Here’s what that means for you.
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Chart of the week: Japan’s foreign-worker boom
Charts With Japan's population ageing so fast that its workforce will fall from 67 million to 59 million by 2030, the country is increasingly turning to foreign workers.
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Sugar rush propels US economic growth to four-year high
Features Next summer the US economic expansion that began in 2009 will become the longest in the country’s history – provided a recession doesn’t strike in the meantime.
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Betting on politics: Some good bets on the US mid-terms
Features The mid-term elections in the US may be drawing closer, says Matthew Partridge – but their are still some good bets to be had.
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A ceasefire in the trade war
Features There are doubts over whether Trump’s EU deal will last. Matthew Partridge reports.
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EU says “non” to Brexit deal
Features The EU’s chief negotiator has rejected May’s plans. A fudge is on the cards. Emily Hohler reports.
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Has the EU-US trade war really been cancelled?
Features Matthew Partridge talks to John Springford of the Centre for European Reform about Trump's trade war with the EU, and whether the current detente can continue.
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The slump in emerging markets is a great buying opportunity
Cover Story Fears of another 1990s-style crisis are overblown: developing countries are now more resilient to external threats and less dependent on rich countries’ business cycles, says Rupert Foster. They also look cheap.
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