Everyone knows that the end of yield-curve control is coming in Japan. The central bank—whoever is at its helm—could at least kill off the policy before it loses a lot more money https://t.co/p85QX3dhAF https://t.co/HemR4FgfCs

Finding one is the unenviable task of the Bank of Japan’s next governor https://t.co/tcv4axKIHc

The combination of a tight labour market and unevenly distributed inflation has made America a little more equal over the past few years https://t.co/Wc9MH9MlgR

This week on “Checks and Balance”:

 Erwin Chemerinsky of @BerkeleyLaw and @JonHaidt share their views on diversity statements

 A mid-century stand against anti-communism on campus

 @KenRoth on the time he felt his beliefs cost him a job https://t.co/BsDR35BG1x

Since December the Bank of Japan has had to buy bonds worth a staggering $240bn, nearly 6% of Japan’s GDP, to defend the cap. With every bond bought, the potential loss mounts https://t.co/3gdXAcLFsC

If 2022 brought a reckoning with professional investors, then 2023 will bring a reckoning with reality. A slowing economy is going to break many of the companies that meme­-stockers profess to adore https://t.co/hD3ZLTMEh5

America’s hoped-for Asian semiconductor pact looks tricky https://t.co/5MU30L7oNg

Georgia is drifting into the Kremlin’s orbit https://t.co/PoAgejg1T3

From a basement office selling promissory notes in downtown Manhattan to the most revered name on Wall Street: we tell the story of Goldman Sachs on this week’s “Money Talks” podcast https://t.co/jmP3cqZCt5

The size of the non-alcoholic beer industry has risen by 60% in five years to $8bn, according to Euromonitor International, a research firm https://t.co/QxCOW0NRev

Max Martin has three separate Grammy award nominations for album of the year. What can would-be hitmakers learn from the songwriter? https://t.co/H3MqslBvPw

The incident has made clear that it will be hard for Joe Biden and Xi Jinping to see through their commitment to find issues of global concern where they can co-operate https://t.co/15QgUVxYUv

“There has definitely been an increased demand for it.” 

Xochitl Benjamin of @BrixtonBrewery explains why non-alcoholic beer is on the rise—and how to make it, on our “Babbage” podcast https://t.co/aWGzn3CwHY

Surveys suggest people are losing faith in democracy. “The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism” argues that most of the blame for this recession belongs to decades of economic failure 
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Arguments rage over old statues, new orthodoxies and the limits of free speech. In Plot Twist, our culture editors make sense of it all https://t.co/M7fTuixq8f

America’s fragmented and antiquated state systems were an open door to fraud https://t.co/k9QPRHVfVV

Both can spend less time papering over the cracks of a dysfunctional relationship, and more navigating their rapidly changing industry while fending off a convoy of new rivals https://t.co/kdquI3JkMI

America’s top diplomat has cancelled his trip to China after the Pentagon revealed that it was tracking a Chinese balloon over Montana, which it said was for intelligence gathering https://t.co/KQ7nEeCt9C

Peru deserves help from its neighbours, but they have meddled instead. In Latin America the enemies of democracy lurk at both extremes https://t.co/ZNtApq0xIt

Starting a negotiation is not the same as ending one. North Macedonia has been a candidate since 2005, while Montenegro has been in talks since 2012  https://t.co/cSlnSAT1wB