The Economist: Finance and economics

Why catastrophe bonds are failing to cover disaster dam...

The innovative form of insurance is reaching its limits

Can the world’s free-traders withstand Trump’s attack?

Much will depend on the courage of Europe

El Salvador’s wild crypto experiment ends in failure 

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

Trump takes America’s trade policies back to the 19th c...

The president jacks up tariffs on all countries, with particularly sharp rises f...

The American government’s accidental private-credit sub...

How a Depression-era lending scheme became a trillion-dollar wheeze

Are American rents rigged by algorithms?

That is what Department of Justice prosecutors allege

Governments are bigger than ever. They are also more us...

Why voters across the rich world are miserable

How vulnerable is Israel to sanctions?

So far, measures have had little effect. That could change

Europe’s economic growth is extremely fragile

Risk is concentrated in one country: Germany

America’s recession signals are flashing red. Don’t bel...

We assess a range of measures

Africa’s two most populous economies brave tough reforms 

Will Ethiopia and Nigeria be able to stick to them?

Artificial intelligence is losing hype

For some, that is proof the tech will in time succeed. Are they right?

Why investors are not buying Europe’s revival

Even though the continent’s stocks are in a “sweet spot”

Investors should avoid a new generation of rip-off ETFs

Some proposals may even be a risk to financial stability

Jerome Powell (almost) declares victory over inflation

The Federal Reserve chairman strikes a notably doveish tone

Vast government debts are riskier than they appear

A provocative new paper gets central bankers talking at Jackson Hole

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