The Economist: Finance and economics

Gary Gensler is the most controversial man in American ...

Donald Trump is just the latest to take a swing. In an interview with The Econom...

Donald Trump wants a weaker dollar. What are his options?

All come with their own drawbacks

Revisiting the work of Donald Harris, father of Kamala

The combative Marxist economist focused on questions related to growth

Investors beware: summer madness is here

This year’s hottest months are shaping up to be especially wild

The Big Mac index: where to buy a cheap hamburger

Meat-eaters may want to avoid Argentina

China’s last boomtowns show rapid growth is still possible

All it takes is for the state to work with the market

EU handouts have long been wasteful. Now they must be f...

New research highlights their failures

What the war on tourism gets wrong

Visitors are a boon, if managed wisely

Why is Xi Jinping building secret commodity stockpiles?

Vast new holdings of grain, natural gas and oil suggest trouble ahead

Which cities have the worst overtourism problem?

We rank popular destinations on two measures

Why fear is sweeping markets everywhere

American and Japanese indices have taken a battering. So have banks and gold

India’s economic policy will not make it rich

A new World Bank report takes aim at emerging-market growth plans

Should central bankers argue in public?

Division is not always a weakness

The stockmarket rout may not be over

As investors pause for breath, we assess what could turn a correction into a crash

Why Japanese stocks are on a rollercoaster ride

Volatility in global markets continues 

Japan’s strength produces a weak yen

Currency meddling will prove futile

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