https://www.scmp.com/rss/502918/feed David Dapice is the economist of the Vietnam and Myanmar Programme at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The US economy ended 2018 with a whimper and a 1.1 per cent annual rate of gross domestic product growth, and then started the first quarter of 2019 with a bang – 3.1 per cent growth. The economy has since settled back to 2 per cent or less, where it seems likely to linger unless major shocks occur. The world economy is slowing, too, but fears of an escalation in China-US trade tensions or a very disorderly Brexit have eased. Three cuts in interest rates by the US Federal Reserve, along with... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3039431/us-china-trade-war-and-brexit-dont-help-behind-sluggish-global?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3039431/us-china-trade-war-and-brexit-dont-help-behind-sluggish-global?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Nov 2019 17:00:14 +0000