The Economist: Finance and economics

What sparks an investing revolution?

Ideas that emerged from the University of Chicago in the 1960s changed the world...

Will America’s stockmarket convulsions spread?

Investors are hurrying to find alternatives—but all face difficulties of their own

How Trump provoked a stockmarket sell-off

Will the president win back investors? Does he even want to?

Does Trump really want a weaker dollar?

Overturning three decades of American policy will not be painless

Investors think the Russia-Ukraine war will end soon

The prospect of peace is reshaping markets, in ways both ominous and promising

Donald Trump’s tariffs are a throwback to the 1930s

“Economic nationalism”, our predecessors wrote, “is almost an American invention”

Aid cannot make poor countries rich

For decades, officials have promised to raise economic growth. For decades, they...

It is not the economic impact of tariffs that is most w...

What are the lessons of the 1930s?

Trump’s tariff turbulence is worse than anyone imagined

Even his concessions are less generous than expected

Trump’s tariffs are worse than anyone imagined

Even his concessions are less generous than expected

Why silver is the new gold

Safe-haven demand and solar panels have sent its price soaring

Trump’s new tariffs are his most extreme ever

America targets its three biggest trading partners: Canada, Mexico and China

Trump’s new tariffs are set to be his most extreme ever

America targets its three biggest trading partners: Canada, Mexico and China

America is at risk of a Trumpian economic slowdown

Protectionist threats and erratic policies are combining to hurt growth

El Salvador’s wild crypto experiment ends in failure

Its curtailment is the price of an IMF bail-out. And one worth paying

America faces a Trumpian economic slowdown

Protectionist threats and erratic policies are combining to hurt growth

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