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House-price index
Global house prices: Downdraft
European house prices are finding it harder to defy gravity(6)
The Big Mac index
Daily chart: The Big Mac index
Burgernomics shows Switzerland has the most overvalued currency(108)
Oil and the world economy
Oil prices: Keeping it to themselves
Gulf states not only pump oil; they burn it, too(28)
Europe's economies
Spanish banks: The long kiss goodnight
A bank merger sheds fresh light on a sickly industry(2)
Free exchange
The law and the poor
Courts in emerging markets are better for the poor than many assume(2)
United States
Capital markets: A muffled big bang
The JOBS Act and the BATS crash(4)
Poverty
Global poverty: A fall to cheer
For the first time ever, the number of poor people is declining everywhere(69)
Asia's economies
Military spending in South-East Asia: Shopping spree
Countries are buying lots of weapons, but does it count as an arms race?(99)
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