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2018 in economics: from market turmoil, to trade war and Brexit

Geoff Riley

27th December 2018

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Martin Sandhu from the Financial Times casts his eye over some of the major economics news stories in different parts of the global economy. The realities of Brexit have consumed much of the economics commentary in the UK media, but there are many other economic headwinds that risk creating increased volatility in 2019. I've added some other retrospectives on the global economy in 2018.

2018 in economics: from market turmoil, to trade war and Brexit

2018 in economics: from market turmoil, to trade war and Brexit https://t.co/AJlete06kU
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) December 24, 2018

2018 was the year trade wars broke out. 2019 will be the year the global economy feels the pain https://t.co/ICYIacBDMe
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) December 25, 2018

Here are the numbers behind the defining moments for global markets and economies in 2018 https://t.co/RVwz8iQCyw
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) December 26, 2018

'Brexit economic news continues to be bad, horrid or disastrous' https://t.co/SsRqqy46x9
— Guardian Business (@BusinessDesk) December 27, 2018

See the 5 charts that explain the global economy in 2018 https://t.co/LRaaK2Xa0P #IMFBlog pic.twitter.com/Rw0qvg3Q2L
— IMF (@IMFNews) December 27, 2018

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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