Before a mysterious respiratory illness emerged in the center of China , spreading with lethal effect through the world's most populous nation, concerns about the health of the global economy had been easing, replaced by a measure of optimism.
The United States and China had achieved a tenuous pause in a trade war that had damaged both sides. The specter of open hostilities between the United States and Iran had reverted to stalemate . Though Europe remained stagnant, Germany — the Continent's largest economy — had escaped the threat of recession.
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Economists are even more optimistic about the US economy - CNN
'Significant threat' to Chinese economic growth amid coronavirus outbreak | World news | The
The coronavirus outbreak will have a "significant" impact on Chinese growth, economists have warned, with the "wildcard" of still unknown infections posing potentially serious risks for the global economy.
Economists agreed that the outbreak will have a negative impact in China but the lack of understanding about how the virus spreads and how bad it might be was adding to uncertainty to the mix and compounding investor concerns.
The consultancy Capital Economics said the impact could be similar to the Sars outbreak in 2003 which knocked three percentage points off growth
The Market Already Knows: Climate Action Is Economics 101
The US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and his wife Louise Linton may disagree about Greta Thunberg's need to go to school to take economics classes but a player often thought to have perfect foresight is in total agreement with Greta: the market is long on climate action. How else to explain that it sees an effectively bankrupt company as the most valuable car company in the world?
Tesla as a business enterprise may well completely fail but the market sees a powerful future for electric cars, the sole point of which is to reduce carbon emissions. Just ask anyone who has tried a long electric powered road trip—high performance internal combustion vehicles are hugely more practical, yet consumers are going electric and the market clearly sees a major transition away from gasoline powered transportation.
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UK to Host 31st Annual Economic Outlook Conference Feb. 12 | UKNow
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 28, 2020) — What is the outlook for Kentucky's economy in 2020? Should investors be confident about how the stock market will perform this year or concerned?
Questions like these and many more will be addressed by a panel of experts Wednesday, Feb. 12, as the University of Kentucky hosts the 31st annual Economic Outlook Conference, at Central Bank Center (formerly the Lexington Convention Center), in downtown Lexington.
The event is hosted by University of Ketucky's Gatton College of Business and Economics' Don and Cathy Jacobs Executive Education Center , along with the Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) and the Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise . Commerce Lexington and the Lane Report are serving as presenting sponsors, and the Lexington-Bluegrass Association of Realtors (lbar.com) is a partner sponsor.
MCRA Strengthens Its Reimbursement, Health Economics, and Market Access Division with the Hiring
WASHINGTON , Jan. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- MCRA, LLC, is a leading clinical research organization (CRO) and advisory firm specializing in medical devices and biologics. Its integration of regulatory, clinical research, reimbursement, compliance, and quality assurance assists companies in bringing new technologies to market. MCRA is pleased to announce the expansion of its Reimbursement, Health Economics, and Market Access (RHEMA) Division through the recent hiring of John D. McDermott, Jr.
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All this nepotism talk reminds me of one company that was spared from Trump's heavy tariffs on China... ...Ivanka'… https://t.co/JFFigGObwh RBReich (from Berkeley, CA) Mon Jan 27 23:49:15 +0000 2020
Live updates: The total known cases of a mysterious new virus spreading across China increased nearly 60 percent ov… https://t.co/w13qAZLxmV nytimes (from New York City) Tue Jan 28 05:51:57 +0000 2020
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