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In the Balance: And What a Year it Was

20/12/2014

And What a Year it Was

BBC World Service - In the Balance, And What a Year it Was

A look at the economic highs and lows of 2014 and what it might mean for the year ahead?

As 2014 ends we review some of the highs and lows of the year - a nose-diving Russian economy, violence in the Middle East and rock bottom oil price. Where does it go in 2015?

As 2014 draws to a close we look backwards and forwards to review some of the highs and lows of the year - nose-diving growth in Russia alongside the annexation of Crimea, Abe's reflationary blitz in Japan, mayhem and violence in the Middle East and the extraordinary lows of the global oil price. What do the mixed 12 months just gone herald for 2015? With influential British political economist Will Hutton, senior fellow of the Cato Institute Daniel Mitchell and Amrita Sen, chief oil analyst with Energy Aspects.

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