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A US flag flies off the stern of a tour boat at the Port of Los Angele in California on July 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
Economics
Economics
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The Chinese Communist Party flag on June 5, 2008 in Pengzhou, Sichuan, China . (Wang Xiwei/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)
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The seal for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington, DC. (KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)
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A Chinese man uses his smartphone on November 20, 2014 in Beijing, China. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
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Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen testifies during a hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee February 24, 2015 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Investors watch a digital screen displaying the prices of China's stock market on January 5, 2015 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province of China. (ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
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A flame from a Saudi Aramco oil installation in the Saudi Arabian desert near the oil-rich area Al-Khurais, 160 kms east of the capital Riyadh, on June 23, 2008. (MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
