The Chart Room

In July, Knowledge@Wharton interviewed Jacques deLisle, Director of East Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and Ann Lee, Adjunct Professor of Economics and Finance at NYU to discuss the downfall of China’s stock market. The interview explores the causes of the downturn, why previous fixes did not work and what the Chinese government currently has planned to alleviate the issue and stimulate growth.

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In a recent blog entry, Mark Mobius examines the downturn in the Chinese stock market. Since mid-June, the domestic stock market in China has seen a 30% decline. In this article, Mobius provides the reader with insight into the causes of the downturn as well as how his team plans on investing in the region going forward.

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A recent article by Tobias Buck for the Financial Times offers the reader the opportunity to compare and contrast the decisions made by the Spanish and Greek governments regarding austerity. Spain chose to adopt austerity measures that now have them on track for increasing economic growth per Spanish government forecasts.

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The website Vox has put together this presentation which uses thirteen charts and maps to help explain the reasons behind Greece’s recent economic woes.

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Gideon Rachman of the Financial Times argues that Greece’s “No” vote could present opportunities to maintain the integrity of the Eurozone in less than obvious ways.

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On June 30th, 2015, Greece defaulted on the International Monetary Fund and accelerated the possibility of their exit from the Eurozone. By the end of July, we should know if a “Grexit” will indeed be a reality. A Grexit will have a tremendous impact on the European and World economies. To help explain how a Grexit could happen and its ramifications, we are providing two recent articles on the topic.

The Wall Street Journal has published “What’s the Timetable to a Grexit” to help define how such an exit would be triggered and how it could still be avoided.

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In an interview for Knowledge@Wharton, Professor Jeremy Siegel provides analysis and context on the impact a Grexit could have on World, European and Greek economies.

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Rajeshmi Naidu-Ghelani, writing for the BBC, explores the development of the Asean region. He explains that the Association of South East Asian Nations, soon to be the Aesean Economic Community, is expected to grow by 5%. By comparison, the European Union is predicted to grow only 2%.

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Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business explores behavioral economics in this recent article published by the New York Times. In particular, he looks at retirement savings and how behavioral economics can be used to encourage people to save more.

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Nigel Chalk and Jarkko Turunen of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Western Hemisphere Department explore the dramatic drop in US Treasury bond yields. On the IMF’s blog iMFdirect, Chalk and Turunen delve into the current state of the US economy to explain the behavior of the bond yields. Is it because of a strong dollar? Investor flight to safety?

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The Eurozone will be starting its own Quantitative Easing (QE) plan to help improve the region’s economy and recovery. This recent article published by Knowlege@Wharton examines the impact of deflation in Europe and ponders the question, “will QE work?”

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