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As part of the leadup to the 2021 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament, Extemp Central will be providing daily research & development (R&D) posts for each of the tournament’s fourteen topic areas. These will include links to important articles about each. It is hoped that these will aid in extempers preparation for this year’s national tournament.
.@KeithBradsher writes that rising prices in China, by far the world’s biggest manufacturer and exporter, could be felt around the world – prompting warnings that a wave of inflation could threaten the global economy. https://t.co/39Ah09eTda
— NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) June 9, 2021
Global economy set for fastest recovery for more than 80 years https://t.co/otLn1F90C2
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) June 8, 2021
While the global economy is expected to recover this year, the level of GDP at the end of 2021 in both advanced and emerging market and developing economies is projected to remain below the pre-virus baseline. https://t.co/30hex5BuuR
— Brookings Institution (@BrookingsInst) June 8, 2021
The G-7 makes up a shrinking share of the world economy: When it emerged in 1975, its members made up 70% of the global economy. Now, the members account for just 40%. https://t.co/QPt0ypC7cX
— Real Time Economics (@WSJecon) June 11, 2021
#Britain urgently needs to expand its #trade and investment links with #China, which is set to dominate the global economy, argues @dambisamoyo. https://t.co/jBlmZgB1sX
— Project Syndicate (@ProSyn) June 9, 2021
Consumer prices across the rich world rose at the fastest pace in more than 12 years during April, as central bankers try to figure out whether shortages that have emerged as the global economy reopens will prove transitory. https://t.co/HINgDSa2iP
— Real Time Economics (@WSJecon) June 2, 2021
While China’s borders remain closed, the global economy suffers | Daniel Falush https://t.co/JwWSNvcxbT
— The Guardian (@guardian) June 1, 2021
In a global economy full of turmoil, Just in Time manufacturing, with its lean inventories, is running late. https://t.co/WQBJmJBk6R
— NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) June 1, 2021
As the global economy picks back up, the companies best positioned to cope with strained supply chains are those that are well-managed across the board https://t.co/KQbr4BrvzX
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 12, 2021
The vast majority of #African jobs created by #digitalization will arise indirectly, through the widespread dissemination of digital innovation across the economy, argue @AU_Economy Commissioner Victor Harison and @OECD_Centre Director @mariopezzini. https://t.co/bZ4T7tx7A0
— Project Syndicate (@ProSyn) February 22, 2021
Heard on the Street: The effects of China’s baby bust will percolate to nearly every corner of the global economy https://t.co/wPn1JS6cYB
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 1, 2021
“Far from the promised prosperity and gilded dreams of a new digital economy, many African digital laborers are left facing economic precarity and psychological duress.” https://t.co/mcZY9xBUa3
— Brookings Institution (@BrookingsInst) February 12, 2021
Brazil’s GDP expanded faster than expected in the first quarter, bringing Latin America’s largest economy back to where it was before the pandemic struck at the end of 2019 https://t.co/u5rUH7uLNf
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) June 1, 2021
The head of the IMF has warned Russia’s business and political elite not to underestimate the challenges the global green energy transition will present for the country, as a leading minister blasted the EU’s green energy plans as “protectionist”https://t.co/t5VOtJQ0Zk
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) June 3, 2021
The global economy is expected to grow by 5.8% this year, the OECD said, a sharp rise from its previous forecast. But the pace of recovery still hinges on vaccination programs. https://t.co/9EcqTqlrp6
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 31, 2021
Latin America’s economy shrank by 7% last year, more than double the average contraction around the world https://t.co/1MwRAl5Q9H
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) May 1, 2021
Past experience shows rules governing the European economy not only come late, but they stay around for a long time, @CarloBastasin writes. As the EU starts debating how to change those rules, leaving them only to financial priorities would be a mistake. https://t.co/H4nmMFt4tG
— Brookings FP (@BrookingsFP) June 9, 2021