The Economist: Finance and economics

Giorgia Meloni has grand banking ambitions

Will Italy’s nationalist prime minister manage to concentrate financial power?

Why your portfolio is less diversified than you might t...

The most important idea in modern finance has become maddeningly hard to implement

Can Germany’s economy stage an unexpected recovery?

The situation is dire, but there are glimmers of hope

How Trump’s tariff turbulence will cause economic pain

Mexico and Canada win a reprieve, but firms remain rattled

Trump’s brutal tariffs far outstrip any he has imposed ...

Canada, Mexico and China are going to be made to suffer

How to invest like a MAGA bigwig

Cannabis, crypto or half of North Dakota?

Xi Jinping shows how he will return American fire

China’s trade retaliation carries a warning of worse to come

Don’t propose with a diamond

Lab-grown gems may destroy both their own value and that of natural rocks, too

When will remote workers see their pay cut?

Logging on at home is a perk, yet so far it has not been treated as such

Tariff uncertainty can be as ruinous as tariffs themselves

Whatever its geopolitical merits, the “madman theory” transfers badly to economics

Narendra Modi is struggling to boost Indian growth

Tax cuts may lift short-term output, but deeper reform is required

Europe has no escape from stagnation

Things look increasingly dark for the continent

Donald Trump’s Super Bowl tariffs are an act of self-harm

Duties on aluminium and steel will throttle American industry and fragment globa...

Why Donald Trump’s protectionist zeal has only grown

Lessons from a week of chaos

Elon Musk is failing to cut American spending

DOGE has so far disrupted everything in government bar the deficit

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