The Economist: Finance and economics

Kamala Harris’s cost-of-living plan will end in failure

She is the latest presidential candidate to embrace self-defeating economics

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?

Investors should avoid a new generation of rip-off ETFs

Some proposals may even be a risk to financial stability

Vast government debts are riskier than they appear

A provocative new paper gets central bankers talking at Jackson Hole

Why investors are not buying Europe’s revival

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

Jerome Powell (almost) declares victory over inflation

The Federal Reserve chairman strikes a notably doveish tone

The plasma trade is becoming ever-more hypocritical

Reliance on America grows, as other countries clutch their pearls

Vladimir Putin spends big—and sends Russia’s economy so...

How long can the party last?

Why companies get inflation wrong

Bosses should pay less attention to the media

How to invest in chaotic markets

Contrary to popular wisdom, even retail investors should pay attention to volati...

What is behind China’s perplexing bond-market intervent...

The central bank seems to think the government’s debt is too popular

America’s anti-price-gouging laws are too minor to be c...

No matter what critics of Kamala Harris allege

A global recession is not in prospect

That will be a relief to investors everywhere

Why Warren Buffett has built a mighty cash mountain

Berkshire Hathaway’s boss is an impressive investor, not an economic oracle

How Chinese shoppers downgraded their ambition

The trend will dismay the country’s policymakers

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