The Economist: Finance and economics

Why China needs to fill its empty homes

The country’s economy is broken. A recovery requires a healthier property market

Big Macs, strawberry jam and the wealth of nations

Alan Heston, a pioneer in comparing economies, died on October 25th

The return of Trumponomics excites markets but frighten...

It may bring stronger growth, higher inflation and a global trade war

Greenland faces one of history’s great resource rushes—...

The territory sits on an astounding number of critical minerals

Why investors’ “Trump trade” might be flawed

Markets are betting Trump 2.0 would boost the dollar. It could fall instead

Barbarians on the porch

Private markets are going mainstream

American men are getting back to work

The ultra-gloomy picture painted by politicians is no longer accurate

India is undergoing an astonishing stockmarket revolution

Small investors, rejoice—and beware

Sanctions are sinking Russia’s flagship gas project

Whether that lasts is up to Donald Trump

America’s strengthening dollar will rattle the rest of ...

Donald Trump’s policies could send the greenback soaring

What betting markets got right and wrong about Trump’s ...

They might have simply been lucky, or biased

Ireland’s government has an unusual problem: too much m...

A tax windfall has added to already overflowing coffers

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

Why financial markets are so oddly calm

Indicators of market volatility have plunged

Economists need new indicators of economic misery

Existing measures of discomfort are failing to predict elections

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