- + Don’t count on monetary policy to make housing affordable—Unless housebuilding picks up, neither cheap nor dear money will bring relief
- + Why Brazil’s currency is plunging—Fiscal and monetary policy are now pitted against one another
- + The search for the world’s most efficient charities—What the data say about doing good well
- + Conflict is remaking the Middle East’s economic order—Iran is boxed in as Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Turkey look to capitalise
- + Ukraine is winning the economic war against Russia—Whether that lasts depends on its ability to overcome acute shortages of power, men and money
- + The World Bank is struggling to serve all 78 poor countries—Bangladesh and Niger are very different places
- + The Federal Reserve takes on Trump—and stubborn inflation—Time for Jerome Powell to enter the octagon
- + What a censored speech says about China’s economy—If growth is on target, why is inflation so low?
- + Bitcoin is up by 138% this year. It is a nonsense-free rally—The link between digital assets and mainstream finance is strengthening
- + Which economy did best in 2024?—We rank countries on five measures
- + Are adults forgetting how to read?—A survey by the OECD suggests a worrying decline in literacy
- + How much oil can Trump pump?—The president-elect wants to be the ultimate energy baron
- + The hidden cost of Chinese loans—Governments that borrow from China must pay more to borrow from others
- + The hidden costs of Chinese loans—Governments that borrow from China must pay more to borrow from others
- + Xi Jinping’s campaign against gambling is a failure—Chinese citizens go to great lengths to bet
- + How sports gambling became ubiquitous—Europe is at the centre of the industry’s growth
- + Cronyism is a problem. But not always an economic one—Research on the topic is surprisingly nuanced
- + France is not alone in its fiscal woes—Deficits look worryingly wide across Europe
- + MAGA types have a point on debanking—A booming compliance industry is causing problems
- + How China will strike back at Trump—Xi Jinping has set out his tariff red lines. What if America crosses them?
- + Russia’s plunging currency spells trouble for its war effort—Supplies from China are about to become more expensive
- + The great-man theory of Wall Street—Why finance is still dominated by bold individuals
- + Hong Kong’s property slump may be terminal—Demographics and geopolitics will make a recovery harder
- + Why everyone wants to lend to weak companies—An unanticipated side-effect of Donald Trump’s election
- + American veterans now receive absurdly generous benefits—An enormous rise in disability payments may complicate debt-reduction efforts
- + Why Black Friday sales grow more annoying every year—Nobody is to blame. Everyone suffers
- + Trump wastes no time in reigniting trade wars—Canada and Mexico look likely to suffer
- + How Trump, Starmer and Macron can avoid a debt crunch—With deficits soaring, their finance ministers will have to be smart
- + What Scott Bessent’s appointment means for the Trump administration—The president-elect’s nominee for treasury secretary faces a gruelling job
- + What Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders get wrong about credit cards—Forget interest rates. Rewards are the real problem
- + Computers unleashed economic growth. Will artificial intelligence?—Two years after ChatGPT-3.5 arrived, progress has been slower than expected
- + Should investors just give up on stocks outside America?—No, but it is getting a lot harder to keep the faith
- + Is China really a nation of slackers?—A new survey raises the question
- + Donald Trump’s gas war is about to begin—It could annoy some of his most loyal supporters
- + Our Big Mac index shows how burger prices differ across borders—Using patty-power parity to think about exchange rates
- + Vladimir Putin is in a painful economic bind—Russia’s reliance on China is becoming a problem
- + How to make Elon Musk’s budget-slashing dreams come true—We offer some suggestions
- + Economists need new indicators of economic misery—Existing measures of discomfort are failing to predict elections
- + Why financial markets are so oddly calm—Indicators of market volatility have plunged
- + How to pay for the poor world to go green—Rich countries need not reinvent the wheel
- + The biggest losers from Trumponomics—America’s president-elect wants to reshape trade, capital and labour flows
- + What does America’s next treasury secretary believe?—We take a look at the leading contenders for the job
- + Why crypto mania is reaching new heights—Are bitcoin bros right to be so thrilled by Donald Trump’s victory?
- + America’s strengthening dollar will rattle the rest of the world—Donald Trump’s policies could send the greenback soaring
- + What betting markets got right and wrong about Trump’s victory—They might have simply been lucky, or biased
- + Big Macs, strawberry jam and the wealth of nations—Alan Heston, a pioneer in comparing economies, died on October 25th
- + India is undergoing an astonishing stockmarket revolution—Small investors, rejoice—and beware
- + Barbarians on the porch—Private markets are going mainstream
- + Sanctions are sinking Russia’s flagship gas project—Whether that lasts is up to Donald Trump
- + The return of Trumponomics excites markets but frightens the world—It may bring stronger growth, higher inflation and a global trade war
- + Why investors’ “Trump trade” might be flawed—Markets are betting Trump 2.0 would boost the dollar. It could fall instead
- + Greenland faces one of history’s great resource rushes—and curses—The territory sits on an astounding number of critical minerals
- + Ireland’s government has an unusual problem: too much money—A tax windfall has added to already overflowing coffers
- + American men are getting back to work—The ultra-gloomy picture painted by politicians is no longer accurate
- + Why China needs to fill its empty homes—The country’s economy is broken. A recovery requires a healthier property market
- + Sin taxes are suffering from a shortage of sinners—Governments across the rich world are looking for alternatives
- + Will bond vigilantes come for America’s next president?—Treasury yields are rising ominously
- + Donald Trump would leave Asia with only bad options—The continent’s policymakers are too relaxed about the risks
- + America’s glorious economy should help Kamala Harris—Voters are starting to notice the good news just in time for the election
- + The economics of thinness (Ozempic edition)—Will skinny still be desirable when it is more easily achieved by the masses?
- + Investors should not fear a stockmarket crash—Take a long view, and shares are a lot less risky than many realise
- + How bad are video games for your grades?—Chinese students provide an answer
- + What the surging price of gold says about a dangerous world—Financial fears and geopolitical tremors combine to great effect
- + Hizbullah’s sprawling financial empire looks newly vulnerable—Why Israel is now bombing Lebanese banks
- + The West faces new inflation fears—Having moved in lockstep, America and Europe now have very different concerns
- + Trump’s trillion-dollar tax cuts are spiralling out of control—His zany promises would blow up the deficit
- + Inside the secret oil trade that funds Iran’s wars—An investigation by The Economist uncovers a multi-billion-dollar, America-defying network
- + Germany’s economy goes from bad to worse—Things may look brighter next year, but the relief will be short-lived
- + An economics Nobel for work on why nations succeed and fail—Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson tackled the most important question of all
- + Why investors should still avoid Chinese stocks—The debate about “uninvestability” obscures something important
- + China’s property crisis claims more victims: companies—Unsold homes are contributing to a balance-sheet recession
- + Europe’s green trade restrictions are infuriating poor countries—Only the poorest can expect help to cushion the blow
- + How America learned to love tariffs—Protectionism hasn’t been this respectable for decades
- + Why have markets grown more captivated by data releases?—Especially when the quality of statistics is deteriorating
- + Can the world’s most influential business index be fixed?—Two cheers for the World Bank’s new global business survey
- + Can markets reduce pollution in India?—An experiment in Gujarat yields impressive results
- + Could war in the Gulf push oil to $100 a barrel?—Missiles are flying over a region that supplies a third of the world’s crude
- + How bond investors soured on France—They now regard the euro zone’s second-largest economy as riskier than Spain
- + Can Andrea Orcel, Europe’s star banker, create a super-bank?—An interview with the boss of UniCredit
- + Why economic warfare nearly always misses its target—There is no such thing as a strategic commodity
- + A tonne of public debt is never made public—New research suggests governments routinely hide their borrowing
- + Xi Jinping’s belated stimulus has reset the mood in Chinese markets—But can the buying frenzy last?
- + The house-price supercycle is just getting going—Why property prices could keep rising for years
- + Why is Canada’s economy falling behind America’s?—The country was slightly richer than Montana in 2019. Now it is just poorer than Alabama
- + At last, China pulls the trigger on a bold stimulus package—“Buy everything,” says an American hedge fund
- + Why the Federal Reserve is split on the future of interest rates—Jerome Powell began with a big cut. What comes next?
- + A Wall Street state of mind has captured America—Downtown New York is quieter than ever. Finance has never been louder
- + Is the world sleepwalking into another gas crisis?—Prices could once again spike this winter
- + How lower American interest rates will boost Africa—One of the world’s worst-named financial instruments is newly relevant
- + Can Israel’s economy survive an all-out war with Hizbullah?—The country’s banks are experiencing capital flight
- + China’s central bank tries to save the economy—and the stockmarket—But it will need more help from the government
- + Governments are bigger than ever. They are also more useless—Why voters across the rich world are miserable
- + The world’s poorest countries have experienced a brutal decade—Why has development ground to a halt?
- + European regulators are about to become more political—That will worry many in Silicon Valley
- + What the history of money tells you about crypto’s future—The thread from shipwrecks and sheep flocks to digital currencies
- + Why the Federal Reserve has gambled on a big interest-rate cut—The bold move carries economic and political risks
- + The Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cuts may disappoint investors—Jerome Powell could still surprise on the hawkish side
- + How China’s communists fell in love with privatisation—Even though they are not very good at it
- + Norway’s weak currency presents a mystery—The country’s economy is thriving yet the krone is becoming less and less valuable. What’s going on?
- + An American sovereign-wealth fund is a risky idea—Donald Trump’s latest proposal has worryingly broad support
- + Can bonds keep beating stocks?—After a terrible couple of months for shareholders, lenders are feeling smug
- + Why orange juice has never been more expensive—Pity those who rely on the breakfast staple
- + The IMF has a protest problem—Does it give up—or insist on painful reforms?
- + China’s government is surprisingly redistributive—That is despite a stingy tax-and-transfer system
- + Strangely, America’s companies will soon face higher interest rates—Even though the Federal Reserve is about to loosen monetary policy
- + Can anything spark Europe’s economy back to life?—Mario Draghi, the continent’s unofficial chief technocrat, has a plan
- + Has social media broken the stockmarket?—That is the contention of Cliff Asness, one of the great quant investors
- + American office delinquencies are shooting up—How worried should investors be?
- + China is suffering from a crisis of confidence—Can anything perk up its economy?
- + America has a huge deficit. Which candidate would make it worse?—Enough policies have been proposed to make a call
- + Why Oasis fans should welcome price-gouging—There are worse things in life than paying a fair price
- + As stock prices fall, investors prepare for an autumn chill—Markets are in a very different place from earlier in the year
- + Will interest-rate cuts turbocharge oil prices?—As policymakers prepare to ease policy, traders (and presidential candidates) hold their breath
- + Can Japan’s zombie bond market be brought back to life?—Ueda Kazuo begins on a dangerous mission
- + The plasma trade is becoming ever-more hypocritical—Reliance on America grows, as other countries clutch their pearls
- + Are American rents rigged by algorithms?—That is what Department of Justice prosecutors allege
- + Inflation is down and a recession is unlikely. What went right?—A few years ago, nobody thought that a soft landing was possible
- + How Vladimir Putin hopes to transform Russian trade—He believes the country’s future lies with China and India. What could go wrong?
- + Vast government debts are riskier than they appear—A provocative new paper gets central bankers talking at Jackson Hole
- + Jerome Powell (almost) declares victory over inflation—The Federal Reserve chairman strikes a notably doveish tone
- + Investors should avoid a new generation of rip-off ETFs—Some proposals may even be a risk to financial stability
- + Why investors are not buying Europe’s revival—Even though the continent’s stocks are in a “sweet spot”
- + America’s recession signals are flashing red. Don’t believe them—We assess a range of measures
- + America’s anti-price-gouging laws are too minor to be communist—No matter what critics of Kamala Harris allege
- + Why don’t women use artificial intelligence?—Even when in the same jobs, men are much more likely to turn to the tech
- + Kamala Harris’s cost-of-living plan will end in failure—She is the latest presidential candidate to embrace self-defeating economics
- + Artificial intelligence is losing hype—For some, that is proof the tech will in time succeed. Are they right?
- + Europe’s economic growth is extremely fragile—Risk is concentrated in one country: Germany
- + How vulnerable is Israel to sanctions?—So far, measures have had little effect. That could change
- + Why companies get inflation wrong—Bosses should pay less attention to the media
- + What is behind China’s perplexing bond-market intervention?—The central bank seems to think the government’s debt is too popular
- + How to invest in chaotic markets—Contrary to popular wisdom, even retail investors should pay attention to volatility
- + Vladimir Putin spends big—and sends Russia’s economy soaring—How long can the party last?
- + Africa’s two most populous economies brave tough reforms—Will Ethiopia and Nigeria be able to stick to them?
- + Should central bankers argue in public?—Division is not always a weakness
- + Why Warren Buffett has built a mighty cash mountain—Berkshire Hathaway’s boss is an impressive investor, not an economic oracle
- + How Chinese shoppers downgraded their ambition—The trend will dismay the country’s policymakers
- + A global recession is not in prospect—That will be a relief to investors everywhere
- + The Big Mac index: where to buy a cheap hamburger—Meat-eaters may want to avoid Argentina
- + The stockmarket rout may not be over—As investors pause for breath, we assess what could turn a correction into a crash
- + Why Japanese stocks are on a rollercoaster ride—Volatility in global markets continues
- + Why Japanese markets have plummeted—The global rout continues, with the Topix experiencing its worst day since 1987
- + Why fear is sweeping markets everywhere—American and Japanese indices have taken a battering. So have banks and gold
- + India’s economic policy will not make it rich—A new World Bank report takes aim at emerging-market growth plans
- + Wanted: new business, finance and economics interns—The Economist invites applications for the 2024-25 Marjorie Deane internship
- + Which cities have the worst overtourism problem?—We rank popular destinations on two measures
- + Gary Gensler is the most controversial man in American finance—Donald Trump is just the latest to take a swing. In an interview with The Economist, the SEC chair defends his record
- + EU handouts have long been wasteful. Now they must be fixed—New research highlights their failures
- + Investors beware: summer madness is here—This year’s hottest months are shaping up to be especially wild
- + China’s last boomtowns show rapid growth is still possible—All it takes is for the state to work with the market
- + What the war on tourism gets wrong—Visitors are a boon, if managed wisely
- + Why investors are unwise to bet on elections—Turning a profit from political news is a lot harder than it looks
- + Revisiting the work of Donald Harris, father of Kamala—The combative Marxist economist focused on questions related to growth
- + Donald Trump wants a weaker dollar. What are his options?—All come with their own drawbacks
- + Why is Xi Jinping building secret commodity stockpiles?—Vast new holdings of grain, natural gas and oil suggest trouble ahead
- + How Vladimir Putin created a housing bubble—Prices have risen by 172% in Russia’s biggest cities over the past three years
- + The rich world revolts against sky-high immigration—Moderates want to limit numbers. Radicals want mass deportations. What will be the economic consequence?
- + Japan’s strength produces a weak yen—Currency meddling will prove futile
- + At last, Wall Street has something to cheer—Consumer banks, on the other hand, are starting to suffer
- + Americans are wrong to wish for an era of stable bipartisanship—Even though political instability is an economic threat
- + Why investors have fallen in love with small American firms—The Russell 2000 puts in a historic performance
- + YIMBY cities show how to build homes and contain rents—But to take full advantage of deregulation, Austin and Auckland need other changes
- + Stocks are on an astonishing run. Yet threats lurk—We assess what could bring the bull market to an end
- + China’s leaders face miserable economic-growth figures—Reality intruded at the “third plenum”, intended to discuss long-term reforms
- + Xi Jinping really is unshakeably committed to the private sector—He balances that with being unshakeably committed to state-owned enterprises, too
- + The dangerous rise of pension nationalism—Pursuing domestic investment at the expense of returns is reckless
- + Europe prepares for a mighty trade war—Will it be able to stick to its rule-abiding principles?
- + Betting markets are useful when politics is chaotic—Why, then, are they largely outlawed in America?
- + Trumponomics would not be as bad as most expect—Opposition would come from all angles
- + How strongmen abuse tools for fighting financial crime—They can get Western governments and banks to crack down on exiled dissidents
- + Why Chinese banks are now vanishing—The state is struggling to deal with troubled institutions
- + How Starbucks caffeinates local economies—Call it the frappuccino effect
- + How much cash should be removed from the financial system?—Undoing quantitative easing provokes fierce debate
- + America’s banks are more exposed to a downturn than they appear—To understand why, consider the ouroboros theory of financial risk
- + What happened to the artificial-intelligence revolution?—So far the technology has had almost no economic impact
- + Ukraine has a month to avoid default—Lending to a borrower at war entails an additional gamble: that it will win
- + The economics of the tennis v pickleball contest—Don’t hate the new players—or the new game
- + Is coal the new gold?—The world’s dirtiest fuel is a disturbingly safe investment
- + How Chinese goods dodge American tariffs—Policymakers are unsure what to do about a tricky loophole
- + American stocks are consuming global markets—That does not necessarily spell trouble
- + McDonald’s v Burger King: what a price war means for inflation—American consumers will be licking their lips. So will Federal Reserve officials
- + Will services make the world rich?—American fried chicken can now be served from the Philippines
- + Is America approaching peak tip?—The country’s gratuity madness may soon calm, so long as Donald Trump does not get his way
- + America’s rich never sell their assets. How should they be taxed?—It is tempting to tax them during their lives. It is wiser to do so after their deaths
- + Indian state capitalism looks to be in trouble—A weakened Narendra Modi is bad news for investors in government-controlled firms
- + Europe faces an unusual problem: ultra-cheap energy—The continent is failing to adapt to a renewables boom
- + Think Nvidia looks dear? American shares could get pricier still—Investors are willing to follow whichever narrative paints the rosiest picture
- + How bad could things get in France?—The country’s next prime minister faces a brutal fiscal crunch
- + Why house prices are surging once again—In America, Australia and parts of Europe, property markets have shrugged off higher interest rates
- + China’s currency is not as influential as once imagined—Its share of international reserves has stalled
- + The cracks in America’s ultra-strong labour market—With a big discrepancy in jobs data, the economy may be weaker than it seems
- + Rumours of the trade deal’s death are greatly exaggerated—Plenty of countries are in a dealmaking rush
- + Does motherhood hurt women’s pay?—Two new studies suggest not—at least in the long run, and in Scandinavia
- + Has private credit’s golden age already ended?—A more competitive market is a less profitable one
- + Donald Trump’s trade hawk is plotting behind bars—Peter Navarro’s dark vision of the global economy could shape Trump 2
- + China is distorting its stockmarket by trying to prop it up—State purchases of shares are bad enough, but other measures are far more destructive
- + Want to avoid woke stockmarket rules? List in Texas—The Lone Star State is ready to take on New York
- + European banks are making heady profits in Russia—But for how much longer?
- + Why global GDP might be $7trn bigger than everyone thought—The discovery has perturbed Chinese officials
- + Should you buy expensive stocks?—A new paper suggests the answer is “yes”
- + Is America’s economy heading for a consumer crunch?—Warning signs have started to appear. But there are reasons for optimism
- + China’s economic model retains a dangerous allure—Despite the country’s current struggles, autocrats elsewhere see a lot to admire
- + When to sell your stocks—Poker provides investors with helpful guidance
- + Young collectors are fuelling a boom in Basquiat-backed loans—Auction houses are on a lending spree
- + Xi Jinping’s surprising new source of economic advice—What China’s leader may learn from a pair of reform-minded academics
- + Foreign investors are rejecting Indian stocks—A roaring economy is not enough to entice them
- + Why any estimate of the cost of climate change will be flawed—Temperature fluctuations are unpredictable. Humans are even more so
- + OPEC heavyweights are cheating on their targets—That is tamping down global oil prices
- + Baby-boomers are loaded. Why are they so stingy?—The mystery matters for global economic growth
- + Shrinking populations mean less growth and a more fractious world—Politicians must act now to avert the worst
- + Boaz v BlackRock: Whoever wins, closed-end funds lose—Farewell to a financial mystery
- + Brazil, India and Mexico are taking on China’s exports—To avoid an economic shock, they are pursuing a strange mix of free trade and protectionism
- + How the Chinese state aims to calm the property market—Officials appear willing to spend public money on private capitalists
- + Can the rich world escape its baby crisis?—Governments are splurging on handouts to avert catastrophe
- + At long last, Europe’s economy is starting to grow—Now for the hard part
- + The property firm that could break China’s back—If Vanke collapses, so might confidence in the state’s management of the economy
- + Narendra Modi’s flagship growth scheme is off to a sluggish start—Without improvements, it risks wasting trillions of rupees
- + Diego Maradona offers central bankers enduring lessons—Recent years ought to have reduced the importance of a skilful feint. They have not
- + Joe Biden, master oil trader—The president has turned volatility into profit
- + How Jim Simons revolutionised investing—The “quant king” pioneered an approach that has become a pillar of finance
- + Biden outdoes Trump with ultra-high China tariffs—The move, which hits electric vehicles, carries an environmental cost
- + America is in the midst of an extraordinary startup boom—How the country revived its go-getting spirit
- + Could America and its allies club together to weaken the dollar?—China would not be happy
- + Banks, at least, are making money from a turbulent world—It is once again a good time to work on a trading desk
- + Against expectations, European banks are thriving—Many are now ripe for a takeover
- + Why the global cocoa market is melting down—Toblerones could soon become luxury goods
- + What Xi Jinping gets wrong about China’s economy—Despite his protestations, the country does have an overcapacity problem
- + What would get China’s consumers spending?—Clues from a grocer in a fourth-tier city
- + How Ukrainian farmers are using the cover of war to escape taxes—“Black grain” infuriates exporters playing by the rules
- + What campus protesters get wrong about divestment—Will withdrawing money hurt Israel?
- + Hedge funds make billions as India’s options market goes ballistic—The country’s retail investors are doing less well
- + Russia’s gas business will never recover from the war in Ukraine—Hopes of a Chinese rescue look increasingly vain
- + Working from home and the US-Europe divide—Americans are no longer the rich world’s great office drones
- + Immigration is surging, with big economic consequences—The West faces an unprecedented number of new arrivals
- + Japan will struggle to rescue its plummeting currency—Expensive government intervention looks likely to provide only brief respite
- + The UAE is using a wealth fund to gain diplomatic sway—And to build holiday resorts
- + How far could America’s stockmarket fall?—With the prospect of cheaper money receding, shares look unusually vulnerable
- + Chinese authorities are now addicted to traffic fines—What that tells you about the country’s economic woes
- + Don’t like your job? Quit for a rival firm—Lina Khan hopes to free the American worker
- + Is inflation morally wrong?—Workers think so. Economists disagree
- + Why a stronger dollar is dangerous—It sets the stage for a nasty new Trump-China clash, among other things
- + How American politics has infected investing—Beware: taking a stand can be expensive
- + Can the IMF solve the poor world’s debt crisis?—The fund will freeze out China if that is what it takes to offer relief
- + Frozen Russian assets will soon pay for Ukraine’s war—And America now hopes to convince others to make better use of the stash
- + Citigroup, Wall Street’s biggest loser, is at last on the up—Jane Fraser’s unexpected success
- + Why the stockmarket is disappearing—Large companies such as ByteDance, OpenAI and Stripe are staying private
- + Even without war in the Gulf, pricier petrol is here to stay—Expensive oil could put Donald Trump in the White House
- + Generation Z is unprecedentedly rich—Millennials were poorer at this stage in their lives. So were baby-boomers
- + China’s better economic growth hides reasons to worry—The country’s leaders are too complacent about deflation
- + What China’s central bank and Costco shoppers have in common—Hint: it is not a fondness for cryptocurrencies
- + How fast is India’s economy really growing?—Statisticians take the country’s figures with a pinch of salt
- + Ukrainian drone strikes are hurting Russia’s oil industry—The world’s third-largest producer is now an importer of petrol
- + China’s state is eating the private property market—Pity those soon to buy a home
- + When will Americans see those interest-rate cuts?—Following a nasty surprise, some now think they may come only after the presidential election
- + Would America dare to bring down a Chinese bank?—Janet Yellen promises sanctions for those supporting Vladimir Putin’s war
- + The rich world faces a brutal spending crunch—Countries including America, Britain and France are up against remorseless fiscal logic
- + What will humans do if technology solves everything?—Welcome to a high-tech utopia
- + How to build a global currency—India is the latest country to try. Painful reforms are required
- + Will FTX’s customers be repaid?—As Sam Bankman-Fried is locked up, his erstwhile depositors await their fate
- + The Federal Reserve cleans up its money-printing mess—It wants to avoid upsetting markets, and is so far succeeding
- + Daniel Kahneman was a master of teasing questions—How a psychologist transformed economics
- + Wanted: a new economics writer—An opportunity to join the staff of The Economist
- + How Xi Jinping plans to overtake America—Digital twins, nuclear fusion and the small matter of fixing China’s economy
- + China’s banks have a bad-debt problem—As is becoming increasingly obvious
- + Which country will be last to escape inflation?—A new dividing line in the global fight
- + How the “Magnificent Seven” misleads—Forget the supergroup of stockmarket darlings
- + How India could become an Asian tiger—The world’s most selective bureaucracy is struggling to make it happen
- + Europe’s economy is under attack from all sides—First Putin, now Xi. Next Trump?
- + As markets soar, should investors look beyond America?—The country’s stocks are extremely expensive
- + How to trade an election—It is becoming harder for investors to ignore politics
- + Why “Freakonomics” failed to transform economics—The approach was fun, but has fallen out of favour
- + America’s realtor racket is alive and kicking—Celebrations over a settlement between agents and homeowners are premature
- + First Steven Mnuchin bought into NYCB, now he wants TikTok—Is there any limit to his ambitions?
- + Why America can’t escape inflation worries—The Federal Reserve sticks to its plans, despite an uncertain situation
- + Japan ends the world’s greatest monetary-policy experiment—For the first time in 17 years, officials raise interest rates
- + How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties—Assessing the economic threat posed by the anti-Western axis
- + How NIMBYs increase carbon emissions—Opposition to new buildings has unfortunate consequences
- + The private-equity industry has a cash problem—Little wonder its investors are protesting
- + China’s economic bright spots provide a warning—What a visit to an optimistic port reveals
- + Saudi Arabia’s investment fund has been set an impossible task—It must earn eye-watering returns while speeding the shift to a post-oil economy
- + China is churning out solar panels—and upsetting sand markets—The hunt for grains with a silica concentration of more than 99.9%
- + Is the bull market about to turn into a bubble?—Share prices are surging. Investors are delighted—but also nervous
- + Russia’s economy once again defies the doomsayers—As an election nears, Vladimir Putin now looks to have inflation under control
- + An economist’s guide to the luxury-handbag market—It is plagued by counterfeits—and information asymmetries
- + How investors get risk wrong—Contrary to popular wisdom, more volatile stocks do not outperform
- + The world is in the midst of a city-building boom—Everyone, from Donald Trump and Peter Thiel to Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, is getting involved
- + America’s rental-market mystery—And why it may deter the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates
- + Globalisation may not have increased income inequality, after all—A new study questions the received wisdom on trends within countries
- + Bitcoin’s price is surging. What happens next?—The cryptocurrency is up by 63% this year
- + Can Israel afford to wage war?—As the battle continues, costs are spiralling
- + The Economist’s finance and economics internship—We invite applications for the 2024 Marjorie Deane internship
- + Activist investing is no longer the preserve of hedge-fund sharks—ExxonMobil and Starbucks are victims of the latest trend
- + Are passive funds to blame for market mania?—They have killed off many of those willing to bet on a downturn
- + Uranium prices are soaring. Investors should be careful—The metal has a history of meltdowns
- + What do you do with 191bn frozen euros owned by Russia?—The question that now confronts Western policymakers
- + How Trump and Biden have failed to cut ties with China—It is hard to overcome economic incentives
- + Stockmarkets are booming. But the good times are unlikely to last—Although AI is propelling valuations, there are deeper forces at work
- + Gucci, Prada and Tiffany’s bet big on property—High-end fashion has some new houses
- + Europe faces a painful adjustment to higher defence spending—The choices: taxes, cuts elsewhere, more borrowing
- + Trump wants to whack Chinese firms. How badly could he hurt them?—History provides a guide
- + As the Nikkei 225 hits record highs, Japan’s young start investing—Will more now favour domestic stocks?
- + Russia outsmarts Western sanctions—and China is paying attention—How the rise of middle powers helps America’s enemies
- + Should you put all your savings into stocks?—As markets roar, an old argument returns
- + The Ukraine war offers energy arbitrage opportunities—It also provides a glimpse at the future of European gas supplies
- + In defence of a financial instrument that fails to do its job—Inflation-linked bonds are a poor inflation hedge, but that’s not the point
- + Investing in commodities has become nightmarishly difficult—What happened to that “supercycle”?
- + Is working from home about to spark a financial crisis?—That is the worry. But it is overblown
- + How San Francisco staged a surprising comeback—Forget the controversy. America’s tech capital is building the future
- + How the world economy learned to love chaos—War, high interest rates and financial strife are yet to bring down growth
- + The false promise of Indonesia’s economy—Presidential candidates vow to deliver 7% growth. Voters have heard it before
- + Bankers have reason to hope Trump triumphs—Will they now spend big on his campaign?
- + The dividend is back. Are investors right to be pleased?—Why cash payments are no longer the preserve of widows and orphans
- + Are NYCB’s troubles the start of another banking panic?—Probably not. But they do suggest broader problems
- + China’s stockmarket nightmare is nowhere near over—The situation ought to worry Xi Jinping
- + Universities are failing to boost economic growth—Too often they generate ideas that no one knows how to use
- + China’s leaders are flailing as markets drop—The government is not used to being bullied
- + Bitcoin ETFs are off to a bad start. Will things improve?—Lessons from similar exchange-traded funds
- + Biden’s chances of re-election are better than they appear—The economy is providing a headwind at present. That could soon change
- + What four more years of Joe Biden would mean for America’s economy—Bigger government, for a start
- + Evergrande’s liquidation is a new low in China’s property crisis—A judge in Hong Kong surprises the mainland
- + Your pay is still going up too fast—Why the last part of the inflation fight may be the hardest
- + The false promise of friendshoring—America, China and Europe appear to be trading less with their geopolitical rivals
- + How American states squeeze athletes (and remote workers)—The public loves jock taxes; baseball players do not
- + Why sweet treats are increasingly expensive—For the sake of your wallet, it might be time to rethink your diet
- + What Donald Trump can learn from the Big Mac index—Should the presidential candidate go on another crusade against the yuan?
- + Investors may be getting the Federal Reserve wrong, again—Why expectations of imminent interest-rate cuts could be misplaced
- + Wall Street titans are betting big on insurers. What could go wrong?—How private-markets giants are overhauling the financial system
- + As China’s markets suffer, what alternatives do investors have?—Optimism about the world’s second-largest stockmarket is a distant memory
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