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Anti-Globalists Can Rejoice as Trade Growth Looks Doomed to Slow
Sluggish world growth has been weighing on trade, as have fading one-off boosts
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For the anti-globalization crowd, the good news just keeps coming. If you're a defender of freer trade, now would be a good time to start worrying.
A new Bank of England blog post digs into why world trade volumes have slumped versus their pre-crisis trend, and concludes that a major rebound isn't in the works. That's the lead item this week in our research wrap, which also takes a look at the productivity slump in Europe and Japan, American economic mobility and the changing life cycle of women in the workforce. Check this column every Tuesday for new and relevant research on global economic trends.