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Об этом на своем Telegram-канале написал известный политолог, директор Группы оценки рисков

LONDON – Central banking in emerging markets has undergone a quiet revolution during the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike in past crises, they have been able to mimic what central banks in advanced economies have been implementing: counter-cyclical policies with quantitative easing (QE), local-currency asset purchases, interest-rate cuts, and monetization of government deficits

NEW YORK – New research published this July in The Lancet forecasts that continued growth “through the century is no longer the most likely trajectory for the world’s population.” Rather, the global population is likely to peak in 2064 at 9.7 billion, before declining to 8.8 billion by 2100. The authors project that the populations of 23 countries – notably Japan, Thailand, Spain, and Ukraine – will be at most half their 2017 size by 2100, while the population of “another 34 countries will probably decline by 25-50%, including China, with a forecasted 48.0% decline.”

Дипломаты обещают принимать решения, исходя из национальных интересов Казахстана

Президент Беларуси провел совещание с членами Совета безопасности, на котором высказался о протестах и отношении к оппозиции

NEW YORK – Shortly after US President Donald Trump issued an executive order effectively banning the Chinese-owned social-media app TikTok, he issued a second order prohibiting “any transaction that is related to WeChat by any person … as identified by the Secretary of Commerce.” According to the White House, the WeChat ban – which will take effect on September 20 – is intended to protect Americans and visiting Chinese in the United States from violations of privacy by the Chinese government and to limit fake news from the Chinese government reaching Americans. But the ban is likely to be counterproductive, and there are better solutions to these problems

НЬЮ-ДЕЛИ – США, Бразилия и Индия опережают остальные страны мира по количеству подтверждённых случаев Covid-19, при этом пика заболеваемости пока не видно. У этих стран (и у России, занимающей четвёртое место) есть одно общее: мачо-лидеры с авторитарными наклонностями

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