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The UAE is using a wealth fund to gain diplomatic sway
And to build holiday resorts
Published on 25 April 2024 | 10:35 am
How far could America’s stockmarket fall?
With the prospect of cheaper money receding, shares look unusually vulnerable
Published on 25 April 2024 | 10:11 am
Chinese authorities are now addicted to traffic fines
What that tells you about the country’s economic woes
Published on 25 April 2024 | 10:07 am
Don’t like your job? Quit for a rival firm
Lina Khan hopes to free the American worker
Published on 25 April 2024 | 9:57 am
Is inflation morally wrong?
Workers think so. Economists disagree
Published on 25 April 2024 | 9:56 am
Why a stronger dollar is dangerous
It sets the stage for a nasty new Trump-China clash, among other things
Published on 23 April 2024 | 4:00 pm
How American politics has infected investing
Beware: taking a stand can be expensive
Published on 21 April 2024 | 3:41 pm
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
Published on 18 April 2024 | 10:05 am
Frozen Russian assets will soon pay for Ukraine’s war
And America now hopes to convince others to make better use of the stash
Published on 18 April 2024 | 9:54 am
Citigroup, Wall Street’s biggest loser, is at last on the up
Jane Fraser’s unexpected success
Published on 18 April 2024 | 9:47 am
Why the stockmarket is disappearing
Large companies such as ByteDance, OpenAI and Stripe are staying private
Published on 18 April 2024 | 9:13 am
Even without war in the Gulf, pricier petrol is here to stay
Expensive oil could put Donald Trump in the White House
Published on 17 April 2024 | 3:59 pm
Generation Z is unprecedentedly rich
Millennials were poorer at this stage in their lives. So were baby-boomers
Published on 16 April 2024 | 6:53 pm
China’s better economic growth hides reasons to worry
The country’s leaders are too complacent about deflation
Published on 16 April 2024 | 1:33 pm
What China’s central bank and Costco shoppers have in common
Hint: it is not a fondness for cryptocurrencies
Published on 11 April 2024 | 10:02 am
How fast is India’s economy really growing?
Statisticians take the country’s figures with a pinch of salt
Published on 11 April 2024 | 10:00 am
Ukrainian drone strikes are hurting Russia’s oil industry
The world’s third-largest producer is now an importer of petrol
Published on 11 April 2024 | 9:51 am
China’s state is eating the private property market
Pity those soon to buy a home
Published on 11 April 2024 | 9:50 am
When will Americans see those interest-rate cuts?
Following a nasty surprise, some now think they may come only after the presidential election
Published on 10 April 2024 | 8:08 pm
Would America dare to bring down a Chinese bank?
Janet Yellen promises sanctions for those supporting Vladimir Putin’s war
Published on 10 April 2024 | 6:26 pm
The rich world faces a brutal spending crunch
Countries including America, Britain and France are up against remorseless fiscal logic
Published on 9 April 2024 | 7:39 pm
What will humans do if technology solves everything?
Welcome to a high-tech utopia
Published on 9 April 2024 | 3:33 pm
How to build a global currency
India is the latest country to try. Painful reforms are required
Published on 4 April 2024 | 9:55 am
Will FTX’s customers be repaid?
As Sam Bankman-Fried is locked up, his erstwhile depositors await their fate
Published on 4 April 2024 | 9:51 am
The Federal Reserve cleans up its money-printing mess
It wants to avoid upsetting markets, and is so far succeeding
Published on 4 April 2024 | 9:50 am
Daniel Kahneman was a master of teasing questions
How a psychologist transformed economics
Published on 4 April 2024 | 9:34 am
Wanted: a new economics writer
An opportunity to join the staff of The Economist
Published on 3 April 2024 | 1:54 pm
How Xi Jinping plans to overtake America
Digital twins, nuclear fusion and the small matter of fixing China’s economy
Published on 31 March 2024 | 12:31 pm
China’s banks have a bad-debt problem
As is becoming increasingly obvious
Published on 27 March 2024 | 2:12 pm
Which country will be last to escape inflation?
A new dividing line in the global fight
Published on 27 March 2024 | 2:11 pm
How the “Magnificent Seven” misleads
Forget the supergroup of stockmarket darlings
Published on 27 March 2024 | 2:11 pm
How India could become an Asian tiger
The world’s most selective bureaucracy is struggling to make it happen
Published on 27 March 2024 | 2:11 pm
Europe’s economy is under attack from all sides
First Putin, now Xi. Next Trump?
Published on 26 March 2024 | 8:00 pm
As markets soar, should investors look beyond America?
The country’s stocks are extremely expensive
Published on 24 March 2024 | 1:18 pm
How to trade an election
It is becoming harder for investors to ignore politics
Published on 21 March 2024 | 11:10 am
Why “Freakonomics” failed to transform economics
The approach was fun, but has fallen out of favour
Published on 21 March 2024 | 11:08 am
America’s realtor racket is alive and kicking
Celebrations over a settlement between agents and homeowners are premature
Published on 21 March 2024 | 10:59 am
First Steven Mnuchin bought into NYCB, now he wants TikTok
Is there any limit to his ambitions?
Published on 21 March 2024 | 10:58 am
Why America can’t escape inflation worries
The Federal Reserve sticks to its plans, despite an uncertain situation
Published on 20 March 2024 | 8:18 pm
Japan ends the world’s greatest monetary-policy experiment
For the first time in 17 years, officials raise interest rates
Published on 19 March 2024 | 1:12 pm
How China, Russia and Iran are forging closer ties
Assessing the economic threat posed by the anti-Western axis
Published on 18 March 2024 | 7:52 pm
How NIMBYs increase carbon emissions
Opposition to new buildings has unfortunate consequences
Published on 14 March 2024 | 10:59 am
The private-equity industry has a cash problem
Little wonder its investors are protesting
Published on 14 March 2024 | 10:57 am
China’s economic bright spots provide a warning
What a visit to an optimistic port reveals
Published on 14 March 2024 | 10:55 am
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
Published on 14 March 2024 | 10:53 am
China is churning out solar panels—and upsetting sand markets
The hunt for grains with a silica concentration of more than 99.9%
Published on 14 March 2024 | 10:37 am
Is the bull market about to turn into a bubble?
Share prices are surging. Investors are delighted—but also nervous
Published on 11 March 2024 | 8:00 pm
Russia’s economy once again defies the doomsayers
As an election nears, Vladimir Putin now looks to have inflation under control
Published on 10 March 2024 | 2:39 pm
An economist’s guide to the luxury-handbag market
It is plagued by counterfeits—and information asymmetries
Published on 7 March 2024 | 11:32 am
How investors get risk wrong
Contrary to popular wisdom, more volatile stocks do not outperform
Published on 7 March 2024 | 11:30 am
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
Published on 7 March 2024 | 11:22 am
America’s rental-market mystery
And why it may deter the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates
Published on 7 March 2024 | 11:19 am
Globalisation may not have increased income inequality, after all
A new study questions the received wisdom on trends within countries
Published on 7 March 2024 | 11:16 am
Bitcoin’s price is surging. What happens next?
The cryptocurrency is up by 63% this year
Published on 6 March 2024 | 9:05 pm
Can Israel afford to wage war?
As the battle continues, costs are spiralling
Published on 5 March 2024 | 9:17 pm
The Economist’s finance and economics internship
We invite applications for the 2024 Marjorie Deane internship
Published on 5 March 2024 | 5:17 pm
Activist investing is no longer the preserve of hedge-fund sharks
ExxonMobil and Starbucks are victims of the latest trend
Published on 29 February 2024 | 10:41 am
Are passive funds to blame for market mania?
They have killed off many of those willing to bet on a downturn
Published on 29 February 2024 | 10:40 am
Uranium prices are soaring. Investors should be careful
The metal has a history of meltdowns
Published on 29 February 2024 | 10:38 am
What do you do with 191bn frozen euros owned by Russia?
The question that now confronts Western policymakers
Published on 28 February 2024 | 9:21 pm
How Trump and Biden have failed to cut ties with China
It is hard to overcome economic incentives
Published on 27 February 2024 | 6:46 pm
Stockmarkets are booming. But the good times are unlikely to last
Although AI is propelling valuations, there are deeper forces at work
Published on 25 February 2024 | 5:07 pm
Gucci, Prada and Tiffany’s bet big on property
High-end fashion has some new houses
Published on 22 February 2024 | 11:18 am
Europe faces a painful adjustment to higher defence spending
The choices: taxes, cuts elsewhere, more borrowing
Published on 22 February 2024 | 11:17 am
Trump wants to whack Chinese firms. How badly could he hurt them?
History provides a guide
Published on 22 February 2024 | 10:41 am
As the Nikkei 225 hits record highs, Japan’s young start investing
Will more now favour domestic stocks?
Published on 22 February 2024 | 7:21 am
Russia outsmarts Western sanctions—and China is paying attention
How the rise of middle powers helps America’s enemies
Published on 21 February 2024 | 9:08 pm
Should you put all your savings into stocks?
As markets roar, an old argument returns
Published on 19 February 2024 | 8:45 pm
The Ukraine war offers energy arbitrage opportunities
It also provides a glimpse at the future of European gas supplies
Published on 15 February 2024 | 11:15 am
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
Published on 15 February 2024 | 11:01 am
Investing in commodities has become nightmarishly difficult
What happened to that “supercycle”?
Published on 15 February 2024 | 10:57 am
Is working from home about to spark a financial crisis?
That is the worry. But it is overblown
Published on 14 February 2024 | 8:57 pm
How San Francisco staged a surprising comeback
Forget the controversy. America’s tech capital is building the future
Published on 12 February 2024 | 8:34 pm
How the world economy learned to love chaos
War, high interest rates and financial strife are yet to bring down growth
Published on 11 February 2024 | 2:00 pm
The false promise of Indonesia’s economy
Presidential candidates vow to deliver 7% growth. Voters have heard it before
Published on 8 February 2024 | 11:10 am
Bankers have reason to hope Trump triumphs
Will they now spend big on his campaign?
Published on 8 February 2024 | 11:06 am
The dividend is back. Are investors right to be pleased?
Why cash payments are no longer the preserve of widows and orphans
Published on 8 February 2024 | 10:45 am
Are NYCB’s troubles the start of another banking panic?
Probably not. But they do suggest broader problems
Published on 8 February 2024 | 2:56 am
China’s stockmarket nightmare is nowhere near over
The situation ought to worry Xi Jinping
Published on 7 February 2024 | 5:35 pm
Universities are failing to boost economic growth
Too often they generate ideas that no one knows how to use
Published on 5 February 2024 | 7:42 pm
China’s leaders are flailing as markets drop
The government is not used to being bullied
Published on 1 February 2024 | 11:10 am
Bitcoin ETFs are off to a bad start. Will things improve?
Lessons from similar exchange-traded funds
Published on 1 February 2024 | 10:44 am
Biden’s chances of re-election are better than they appear
The economy is providing a headwind at present. That could soon change
Published on 1 February 2024 | 10:42 am
What four more years of Joe Biden would mean for America’s economy
Bigger government, for a start
Published on 30 January 2024 | 9:40 pm
Evergrande’s liquidation is a new low in China’s property crisis
A judge in Hong Kong surprises the mainland
Published on 29 January 2024 | 1:04 pm
Your pay is still going up too fast
Why the last part of the inflation fight may be the hardest
Published on 28 January 2024 | 12:34 pm
The false promise of friendshoring
America, China and Europe appear to be trading less with their geopolitical rivals
Published on 25 January 2024 | 11:14 am
How American states squeeze athletes (and remote workers)
The public loves jock taxes; baseball players do not
Published on 25 January 2024 | 11:05 am
Why sweet treats are increasingly expensive
For the sake of your wallet, it might be time to rethink your diet
Published on 25 January 2024 | 11:04 am
What Donald Trump can learn from the Big Mac index
Should the presidential candidate go on another crusade against the yuan?
Published on 25 January 2024 | 11:01 am
Investors may be getting the Federal Reserve wrong, again
Why expectations of imminent interest-rate cuts could be misplaced
Published on 24 January 2024 | 9:16 pm
Wall Street titans are betting big on insurers. What could go wrong?
How private-markets giants are overhauling the financial system
Published on 23 January 2024 | 10:13 pm
As China’s markets suffer, what alternatives do investors have?
Optimism about the world’s second-largest stockmarket is a distant memory
Published on 22 January 2024 | 9:13 pm
The Middle East faces economic chaos
Escalating conflict threatens to tip several countries over the brink
Published on 18 January 2024 | 11:10 am
Australian houses are less affordable than they have been in decades
In spite of rising borrowing costs, prices have stayed stubbornly resilient
Published on 18 January 2024 | 10:55 am
The countries which raised rates first are now cutting them
Farewell to Hikelandia
Published on 18 January 2024 | 10:34 am
Wall Street is praying firms will start going public again
The IPO market is on its longest cold streak since 1980
Published on 18 January 2024 | 10:21 am
What economists have learnt from the post-pandemic business cycle
The curious and furious recovery has brought some old ideas back to the fore
Published on 17 January 2024 | 6:10 pm
China’s population is shrinking and its economy is losing ground
The “peak China” narrative is proving difficult to shift
Published on 17 January 2024 | 4:14 pm
Ted Pick takes charge of Morgan Stanley
Can he keep the bank’s stellar run going?
Published on 16 January 2024 | 9:41 pm