The Economist: Finance and economics

How American bankers dodged the MAGA carnage

The masters of the universe have escaped an anti-globalist revolt

European governments struggle to stop rich people from ...

Exit taxes are popular, and counter-productive

Saba Capital wages war on underperforming British inves...

How many will end up in Boaz Weinstein’s sights?

Will America’s crypto frenzy end in disaster?

Donald Trump’s team is about to bring digital finance into the mainstream

Do tariffs raise inflation?

Usually. But the bigger problem is that they harm economic growth and innovation

Tech tycoons have got the economics of AI wrong

Following DeepSeek’s breakthrough, the Jevons paradox provides less comfort than...

Donald Trump’s economic warfare has a new front

The president has threatened to blow up the global tax system. Will allies be ab...

Don’t let Donald Trump see our Big Mac index

America’s tariff-loving president could learn the wrong lessons from internation...

Giorgia Meloni has grand banking ambitions

Will Italy’s nationalist prime minister manage to concentrate financial power?

Can Germany’s economy stage an unexpected recovery?

The situation is dire, but there are glimmers of hope

Why your portfolio is less diversified than you might t...

The most important idea in modern finance has become maddeningly hard to implement

How Trump’s tariff turbulence will cause economic pain

Mexico and Canada win a reprieve, but firms remain rattled

Trump’s brutal tariffs far outstrip any he has imposed ...

Canada, Mexico and China are going to be made to suffer

Xi Jinping shows how he will return American fire

China’s trade retaliation carries a warning of worse to come

Don’t propose with a diamond

Lab-grown gems may destroy both their own value and that of natural rocks, too

How to invest like a MAGA bigwig

Cannabis, crypto or half of North Dakota?

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