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The Omicron calculus—the world economy is in a tight spot

Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week: the latest from the Fed on inflation in the US and Carmen Reinhart of the World Bank on why emerging markets face a triple whammy

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CHINA’S ECONOMY is slowing while America’s overheats, prompting Jerome Powell to suggest this week that the Fed could act faster than planned. As the Omicron variant triggers a fresh wave of travel restrictions, is the world economy caught between a rock and a hard place? Host Patrick Lane and Henry Curr, our economics editor, assess the threats to global growth.

With Carmen Reinhart, senior vice-president and chief economist of the World Bank group, and Wang Tao, chief China economist and head of Asia research for UBS, an investment bank. Runtime: 31 min

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