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The Japanese stock market has increased in value by approximately 20% this year.
The Governor of the Bank of England has publicly cautioned against prematurely committing to a series of interest rate hikes.
There are speculative concerns that Europe could face a jet fuel shortage within six weeks.
Britain, Italy, and France are being referred to as 'the BIFs,' identifying them as the three major European economies with the most severe debt problems and highest risk of a fiscal crisis.
Real, inflation-adjusted GDP per capita in the United Kingdom has remained largely stagnant for nearly 20 years, since the 2008 financial crisis.
The S&P 500 index has returned to its previous market highs.
The U.S. stock market is considered to be more insulated from the global energy crisis than other markets due to America's domestic energy production.
Corporate earnings for companies in the S&P 500 are currently increasing at a 'fairly fast pace'.
The UK's GDP per capita has performed so poorly that it has drawn comparisons to Mississippi, the poorest state in the United States.
The Scottish National Party (SNP) has included a proposal to impose price controls on essential goods in its latest party manifesto.
The Green Party has proposed a policy that would cap the pre-tax pay ratio within any organization at 10-to-1 between the highest and lowest-paid employees.
After accounting for taxes and welfare benefits, the net income gap between the highest and lowest earners in the UK is compressed to a ratio of approximately 3-to-1.