Economics

How Trump, Starmer and Macron can avoid a debt crunch

With deficits soaring, their finance ministers will have to be smart

What Scott Bessent’s appointment means for the Trump ad...

The president-elect’s nominee for treasury secretary faces a gruelling job

What Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders get wrong about cr...

Forget interest rates. Rewards are the real problem

Why Black Friday sales grow more annoying every year

Nobody is to blame. Everyone suffers

Should investors just give up on stocks outside America?

No, but it is getting a lot harder to keep the faith

Is China really a nation of slackers?

A new survey raises the question

Donald Trump’s gas war is about to begin

It could annoy some of his most loyal supporters

How to make Elon Musk’s budget-slashing dreams come true

We offer some suggestions

Hong Kong’s property slump may be terminal

Demographics and geopolitics will make a recovery harder

Why everyone wants to lend to weak companies

An unanticipated side-effect of Donald Trump’s election victory

The search for the world’s most efficient charities

What the data say about doing good well

The Federal Reserve takes on Trump—and stubborn inflation

Time for Jerome Powell to enter the octagon

What a censored speech says about China’s economy

If growth is on target, why is inflation so low?

Which economy did best in 2024?

We rank countries on five measures

Why Brazil’s currency is plunging

Fiscal and monetary policy are now pitted against one another

Why fine wine and fancy art have slumped this year

Investing in luxury goods was a bad move in 2024

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