| Newspaper indexes show that the unstable politics and economic climate continue to slow down global consumption and investments. As the U.K. responds to voters’ rejection of the European Union, the U.S. presidential election comes to a head and other disputes play out across the globe, uncertainty is at a record high in 2016, according to a new index that tracks newspaper articles in over a dozen countries.
The index is a measure of economic sentiment that rises and falls with major events like the 9/11 attacks and the 2009 global financial crisis..........................................Full Article: Source |