Statistics: Trump's firing rocks the foundations of economics
The dismissal of the head of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is raising questions about the reliability of U.S. data. Host Carmel Crimmins gets a briefing on the importance of data by U.S. economics editor Dan Burns and emerging markets chief correspondent Karin Strohecker, and what lies ahead if economists can't trust it.
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Overtourism
Summer is here and crowds are getting booed in some places in the world. Host Carmel Crimmins looks at the economic trade-offs at play in mass tourism as backlash grows in places like Spain and Japan. Listen to Charlie
Devereux, in Madrid and John Geddie, in Tokyo, as they examine local responses and share a couple of top tips for those venturing out.
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Europe’s defence boom
The region’s decision to spend more on guns has helped make it an investor darling despite an economy still in the doldrums. But will the promised spending splurge give Europe’s economy a big boost or just stretch its weak finances even further? Host Carmel Crimmins talks to European Economics Editor Mark John about the potential implications.
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Fast lane
There’s a race going on between the world’s two largest auto makers, China and the United States, and the People’s Republic is out in front.
Host Carmel Crimmins talks innovation, protectionism, competition and who gets left behind with Reuters Greater China bureau chief Kevin Krolicki and global autos editor Brian Thevenot. Tortoise economies, and hot pot in cars to come.
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'Shadow Fed chair'
The world’s most important central bank is at the center of a succession drama. Host Carmel Crimmins talks to Dan Burns, Americas economics editor, and Federal Reserve correspondent Howard Schneider about the possibility of a central banker in-waiting, and what that would mean for the global economy. *This podcast was updated to fix a missed question by Carmel at the 17:40 minute mark.
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Join Reuters journalist Carmel Crimmins every week as she and her guests pick apart a key economic principle behind the world’s news. Get beyond buzzwords and technical terms to understand the ideas and debates shaping the global economic agenda.