Weekly data: Could interest rate hikes cause a global recession?
Economies around the world are teetering on the brink, but will a hike in interest rates, en masse, cause a global recession?
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Ben van der Merwe
Ben van der Merwe is a data journalist at GlobalData Media, specialising in FDI. He joined from the Reach Data Unit, where he was a fellow of the Google News Initiative. His investigative journalism has previously appeared in the Observer, VICE,Private Eye and New Statesman.
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