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It's connecting the dots.

It's giving readers an ability to synthesize

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so they can understand how the greater whole works,

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The banks are in much better position now than they were before the crisis.

Much more capital.

They're much more resilient.

One of the more important transmission mechanisms of monetary policy when rates get to very low levels is actually through the exchange rate.

But after the People's Bank of China, the Central Bank of China, is going to do in terms of its welfare policy will have a big impact

on markets.

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It is 7 a.m. on Wall Street, 1 PM in Frankfurt,

where in 45 minutes the European Central Bank will announce its latest monetary policy decision.

What will Mario do?

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