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China’s property crisis claims more victims: companies
Unsold homes are contributing to a balance-sheet recession
Published on 10 October 2024 | 10:25 am
Europe’s green trade restrictions are infuriating poor countries
Only the poorest can expect help to cushion the blow
Published on 10 October 2024 | 10:24 am
How America learned to love tariffs
Protectionism hasn’t been this respectable for decades
Published on 10 October 2024 | 10:21 am
Why have markets grown more captivated by data releases?
Especially when the quality of statistics is deteriorating
Published on 10 October 2024 | 10:18 am
Can the world’s most influential business index be fixed?
Two cheers for the World Bank’s new global business survey
Published on 10 October 2024 | 10:13 am
Can markets reduce pollution in India?
An experiment in Gujarat yields impressive results
Published on 10 October 2024 | 9:55 am
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
Published on 7 October 2024 | 7:56 pm
How bond investors soured on France
They now regard the euro zone’s second-largest economy as riskier than Spain
Published on 6 October 2024 | 11:17 am
Can Andrea Orcel, Europe’s star banker, create a super-bank?
An interview with the boss of UniCredit
Published on 3 October 2024 | 10:02 am
Why economic warfare nearly always misses its target
There is no such thing as a strategic commodity
Published on 3 October 2024 | 10:00 am
A tonne of public debt is never made public
New research suggests governments routinely hide their borrowing
Published on 3 October 2024 | 9:59 am
Xi Jinping’s belated stimulus has reset the mood in Chinese markets
But can the buying frenzy last?
Published on 2 October 2024 | 8:21 pm
The house-price supercycle is just getting going
Why property prices could keep rising for years
Published on 1 October 2024 | 5:37 pm
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
Published on 30 September 2024 | 7:34 pm
At last, China pulls the trigger on a bold stimulus package
“Buy everything,” says an American hedge fund
Published on 27 September 2024 | 5:22 pm
Why the Federal Reserve is split on the future of interest rates
Jerome Powell began with a big cut. What comes next?
Published on 26 September 2024 | 10:13 am
A Wall Street state of mind has captured America
Downtown New York is quieter than ever. Finance has never been louder
Published on 26 September 2024 | 10:12 am
Is the world sleepwalking into another gas crisis?
Prices could once again spike this winter
Published on 26 September 2024 | 10:11 am
How lower American interest rates will boost Africa
One of the world’s worst-named financial instruments is newly relevant
Published on 26 September 2024 | 9:41 am
Can Israel’s economy survive an all-out war with Hizbullah?
The country’s banks are experiencing capital flight
Published on 24 September 2024 | 8:14 pm
China’s central bank tries to save the economy—and the stockmarket
But it will need more help from the government
Published on 24 September 2024 | 3:19 pm
Governments are bigger than ever. They are also more useless
Why voters across the rich world are miserable
Published on 23 September 2024 | 7:18 pm
The world’s poorest countries have experienced a brutal decade
Why has development ground to a halt?
Published on 19 September 2024 | 10:11 am
European regulators are about to become more political
That will worry many in Silicon Valley
Published on 19 September 2024 | 10:05 am
What the history of money tells you about crypto’s future
The thread from shipwrecks and sheep flocks to digital currencies
Published on 19 September 2024 | 10:03 am
Why the Federal Reserve has gambled on a big interest-rate cut
The bold move carries economic and political risks
Published on 18 September 2024 | 6:07 pm
The Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cuts may disappoint investors
Jerome Powell could still surprise on the hawkish side
Published on 16 September 2024 | 6:32 pm
How China’s communists fell in love with privatisation
Even though they are not very good at it
Published on 15 September 2024 | 3:33 pm
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?
Published on 12 September 2024 | 10:05 am
An American sovereign-wealth fund is a risky idea
Donald Trump’s latest proposal has worryingly broad support
Published on 12 September 2024 | 10:04 am
Can bonds keep beating stocks?
After a terrible couple of months for shareholders, lenders are feeling smug
Published on 12 September 2024 | 10:03 am
Why orange juice has never been more expensive
Pity those who rely on the breakfast staple
Published on 12 September 2024 | 10:03 am
The IMF has a protest problem
Does it give up—or insist on painful reforms?
Published on 12 September 2024 | 10:01 am
China’s government is surprisingly redistributive
That is despite a stingy tax-and-transfer system
Published on 12 September 2024 | 10:00 am
Strangely, America’s companies will soon face higher interest rates
Even though the Federal Reserve is about to loosen monetary policy
Published on 11 September 2024 | 2:43 pm
Can anything spark Europe’s economy back to life?
Mario Draghi, the continent’s unofficial chief technocrat, has a plan
Published on 9 September 2024 | 7:38 pm
Has social media broken the stockmarket?
That is the contention of Cliff Asness, one of the great quant investors
Published on 5 September 2024 | 10:13 am
American office delinquencies are shooting up
How worried should investors be?
Published on 5 September 2024 | 10:12 am
China is suffering from a crisis of confidence
Can anything perk up its economy?
Published on 5 September 2024 | 9:53 am
America has a huge deficit. Which candidate would make it worse?
Enough policies have been proposed to make a call
Published on 5 September 2024 | 9:27 am
Why Oasis fans should welcome price-gouging
There are worse things in life than paying a fair price
Published on 5 September 2024 | 9:16 am
As stock prices fall, investors prepare for an autumn chill
Markets are in a very different place from earlier in the year
Published on 4 September 2024 | 2:39 pm
Will interest-rate cuts turbocharge oil prices?
As policymakers prepare to ease policy, traders (and presidential candidates) hold their breath
Published on 2 September 2024 | 7:00 pm
Can Japan’s zombie bond market be brought back to life?
Ueda Kazuo begins on a dangerous mission
Published on 29 August 2024 | 9:59 am
The plasma trade is becoming ever-more hypocritical
Reliance on America grows, as other countries clutch their pearls
Published on 29 August 2024 | 9:50 am
Are American rents rigged by algorithms?
That is what Department of Justice prosecutors allege
Published on 29 August 2024 | 9:50 am
Inflation is down and a recession is unlikely. What went right?
A few years ago, nobody thought that a soft landing was possible
Published on 29 August 2024 | 9:50 am
How Vladimir Putin hopes to transform Russian trade
He believes the country’s future lies with China and India. What could go wrong?
Published on 28 August 2024 | 5:44 pm
Vast government debts are riskier than they appear
A provocative new paper gets central bankers talking at Jackson Hole
Published on 27 August 2024 | 6:24 pm
Jerome Powell (almost) declares victory over inflation
The Federal Reserve chairman strikes a notably doveish tone
Published on 23 August 2024 | 6:58 pm
Investors should avoid a new generation of rip-off ETFs
Some proposals may even be a risk to financial stability
Published on 22 August 2024 | 10:04 am
Why investors are not buying Europe’s revival
Even though the continent’s stocks are in a “sweet spot”
Published on 22 August 2024 | 10:03 am
America’s recession signals are flashing red. Don’t believe them
We assess a range of measures
Published on 22 August 2024 | 9:57 am
America’s anti-price-gouging laws are too minor to be communist
No matter what critics of Kamala Harris allege
Published on 22 August 2024 | 9:42 am
Why don’t women use artificial intelligence?
Even when in the same jobs, men are much more likely to turn to the tech
Published on 21 August 2024 | 2:54 pm
Kamala Harris’s cost-of-living plan will end in failure
She is the latest presidential candidate to embrace self-defeating economics
Published on 20 August 2024 | 7:33 pm
Artificial intelligence is losing hype
For some, that is proof the tech will in time succeed. Are they right?
Published on 19 August 2024 | 6:13 pm
Europe’s economic growth is extremely fragile
Risk is concentrated in one country: Germany
Published on 15 August 2024 | 10:05 am
How vulnerable is Israel to sanctions?
So far, measures have had little effect. That could change
Published on 15 August 2024 | 9:56 am
Why companies get inflation wrong
Bosses should pay less attention to the media
Published on 15 August 2024 | 9:36 am
What is behind China’s perplexing bond-market intervention?
The central bank seems to think the government’s debt is too popular
Published on 14 August 2024 | 6:19 pm
How to invest in chaotic markets
Contrary to popular wisdom, even retail investors should pay attention to volatility
Published on 13 August 2024 | 6:43 pm
Vladimir Putin spends big—and sends Russia’s economy soaring
How long can the party last?
Published on 11 August 2024 | 3:58 pm
Africa’s two most populous economies brave tough reforms
Will Ethiopia and Nigeria be able to stick to them?
Published on 8 August 2024 | 10:04 am
Should central bankers argue in public?
Division is not always a weakness
Published on 8 August 2024 | 9:48 am
Why Warren Buffett has built a mighty cash mountain
Berkshire Hathaway’s boss is an impressive investor, not an economic oracle
Published on 8 August 2024 | 9:39 am
How Chinese shoppers downgraded their ambition
The trend will dismay the country’s policymakers
Published on 8 August 2024 | 9:37 am
A global recession is not in prospect
That will be a relief to investors everywhere
Published on 7 August 2024 | 6:28 pm
The Big Mac index: where to buy a cheap hamburger
Meat-eaters may want to avoid Argentina
Published on 7 August 2024 | 3:07 pm
The stockmarket rout may not be over
As investors pause for breath, we assess what could turn a correction into a crash
Published on 6 August 2024 | 5:48 pm
Why Japanese stocks are on a rollercoaster ride
Volatility in global markets continues
Published on 6 August 2024 | 6:24 am
Why Japanese markets have plummeted
The global rout continues, with the Topix experiencing its worst day since 1987
Published on 5 August 2024 | 10:21 am
Why fear is sweeping markets everywhere
American and Japanese indices have taken a battering. So have banks and gold
Published on 2 August 2024 | 7:41 pm
India’s economic policy will not make it rich
A new World Bank report takes aim at emerging-market growth plans
Published on 1 August 2024 | 1:58 pm
Wanted: new business, finance and economics interns
The Economist invites applications for the 2024-25 Marjorie Deane internship
Published on 1 August 2024 | 1:02 pm
Which cities have the worst overtourism problem?
We rank popular destinations on two measures
Published on 1 August 2024 | 10:22 am
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
Published on 1 August 2024 | 10:18 am
EU handouts have long been wasteful. Now they must be fixed
New research highlights their failures
Published on 1 August 2024 | 10:17 am
Investors beware: summer madness is here
This year’s hottest months are shaping up to be especially wild
Published on 1 August 2024 | 10:16 am
China’s last boomtowns show rapid growth is still possible
All it takes is for the state to work with the market
Published on 30 July 2024 | 2:09 pm
What the war on tourism gets wrong
Visitors are a boon, if managed wisely
Published on 29 July 2024 | 6:11 pm
Why investors are unwise to bet on elections
Turning a profit from political news is a lot harder than it looks
Published on 25 July 2024 | 9:55 am
Revisiting the work of Donald Harris, father of Kamala
The combative Marxist economist focused on questions related to growth
Published on 25 July 2024 | 9:54 am
Donald Trump wants a weaker dollar. What are his options?
All come with their own drawbacks
Published on 25 July 2024 | 9:41 am
Why is Xi Jinping building secret commodity stockpiles?
Vast new holdings of grain, natural gas and oil suggest trouble ahead
Published on 23 July 2024 | 6:17 pm
How Vladimir Putin created a housing bubble
Prices have risen by 172% in Russia’s biggest cities over the past three years
Published on 22 July 2024 | 3:39 pm
The rich world revolts against sky-high immigration
Moderates want to limit numbers. Radicals want mass deportations. What will be the economic consequence?
Published on 21 July 2024 | 4:04 pm
Japan’s strength produces a weak yen
Currency meddling will prove futile
Published on 18 July 2024 | 10:17 am
At last, Wall Street has something to cheer
Consumer banks, on the other hand, are starting to suffer
Published on 18 July 2024 | 10:14 am
Americans are wrong to wish for an era of stable bipartisanship
Even though political instability is an economic threat
Published on 18 July 2024 | 9:57 am
Why investors have fallen in love with small American firms
The Russell 2000 puts in a historic performance
Published on 18 July 2024 | 9:56 am
YIMBY cities show how to build homes and contain rents
But to take full advantage of deregulation, Austin and Auckland need other changes
Published on 17 July 2024 | 4:01 pm
Stocks are on an astonishing run. Yet threats lurk
We assess what could bring the bull market to an end
Published on 16 July 2024 | 6:12 pm
China’s leaders face miserable economic-growth figures
Reality intruded at the “third plenum”, intended to discuss long-term reforms
Published on 15 July 2024 | 6:49 pm
Xi Jinping really is unshakeably committed to the private sector
He balances that with being unshakeably committed to state-owned enterprises, too
Published on 11 July 2024 | 9:53 am
The dangerous rise of pension nationalism
Pursuing domestic investment at the expense of returns is reckless
Published on 11 July 2024 | 9:37 am
Europe prepares for a mighty trade war
Will it be able to stick to its rule-abiding principles?
Published on 11 July 2024 | 9:36 am
Betting markets are useful when politics is chaotic
Why, then, are they largely outlawed in America?
Published on 11 July 2024 | 9:36 am
Trumponomics would not be as bad as most expect
Opposition would come from all angles
Published on 11 July 2024 | 9:35 am
How strongmen abuse tools for fighting financial crime
They can get Western governments and banks to crack down on exiled dissidents
Published on 9 July 2024 | 3:40 pm