Galactic Economic Outlook - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Star Wars tops entertainment headlines as the perennial favorite gets a thumbs-up from audiences around the world. As a cultural phenomenon with an international audience its record-breaking ticket sales comes at a time of diverging global social mood. Bitcoin’s prospects amid the current mood trend are examined. At the time of writing (Dec 25), Star Wars: The Force Awakens has generated $765mil revenue from worldwide tickets sales after a two-week run in theaters. Although worldwide sales are not setting any record, the movie will release in China during January 2016, and combined with....
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The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, has warned that the global economic outlook “has darkened significantly,” emphasizing that, regarding a global recession, “we cannot rule it out.”
IMF Says Global Economic Outlook ‘Has Darkened Significantly’
Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), discussed the global economic outlook and the prospect of a global recession in an interview with Reuters Wednesday.
Commenting on the global economy, the IMF....