Research
For more than two decades Rhodium Group and its principals have produced pathbreaking public studies on critical economic and policy trends.
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Jan 7, 2020
Preliminary US Emissions Estimates for 2019
After a sharp uptick in 2018, we estimate that US greenhouse gas emissions fell by 2.1% last year based on preliminary energy and economic data. This decline was due almost entirely to a drop in coal consumption.
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Dec 18, 2019
City-Level Financial Stress Rising
Local-level credit events in China are piling up, and evidence of broader stress across China’s financial system is accumulating. We take an in-depth look at city-level financial data, using disclosures from local government financing vehicle (LGFV) bond prospectus documents and city-level fiscal data.
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Dec 2, 2019
Gigatons at Stake: The Top Five Global Developments to Watch
If the world is to stay on track to meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to well below 2° Celsius, we need to reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions anywhere from 15-32 gigatons of CO2 equivalent in 2030. The answer to five key questions could have a meaningful, multi-gigaton effect on global emissions.
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Dec 4, 2019
The China Dashboard: Fall 2019 Edition
In this quarterly edition of the China Dashboard, we see China’s growth slow to a nearly three-decade low, amidst rising economic headwinds , unprecedented banking stress and intensifying external pressure.
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