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The Fracturing of the Global Economy
How the return of geopolitics will reshape economies and markets
The global economy is fracturing into China- and US-aligned blocs, reshaping interactions between and within economies and markets as geopolitics holds greater sway over policy than it has in a generation. This page hosts our work on fracturing, including how we map the two blocs, and our in-depth report on the implications for economies and asset markets. A link to a full listing of our analysis of fracturing can be found at the bottom of this page.
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Explore the global fracturing dashboard
Three million datapoints. 98 charts. One interactive dashboard.
Recent Coverage of Global Fracturing
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China stands to lose more than the West in a fragmenting world
Commentary by Group Chief Economist Neil Shearing in The Times