The crash of 2016?
Washington
YOU cannot understand the vulnerable state of the US and global economies - and nervous stock markets - without coming to grips with the crash of "emerging-market" countries. Led by China, these are middle-income countries that, along with the poorest countries, account for 85 per cent of the world's population and 60 per cent of the global economy, according to Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund.
In many ways, their voyage into the global marketplace is a triumph. Rapid economic growth, driven in part by trade and inte…
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