Global Economic Developments

Has the Emerging-Economy Crisis Cycle Ended?

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/turkey-crisis-without-emerging-market-contagion-by-jose-antonio-ocampo-2018-08

Trump’s Strong-Dollar Weakness
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-strong-dollar-weakness-by-benjamin-j--cohen-2018-08

Hard Brexit – More Likely?

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/08/21/britain-edges-closer-to-a-hard-brexit

Russia keeps getting hit with sanctions. Do they make a difference?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/russia-keeps-getting-hit-with-sanctions-do-they-make-a-difference/2018/08/21/f466db1c-a3ec-11e8-ad6f-080770dcddc2_story.html

The exodus from Venezuela threatens to descend into chaos

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/08/20/the-exodus-from-venezuela-threatens-to-descend-into-chaos