The Economist: Finance and economics

Can the world’s free-traders withstand Trump’s attack?

Much will depend on the courage of Europe

Trump’s “Liberation Day” is set to whack America’s economy

A rush of new tariffs will hurt growth, raise prices and worsen inequality

Even priests need the free market

What clergymen can learn from economists

Can foreign investors learn to love China again? 

Wall Street still needs more to coax it back. But non-American firms may be read...

The surging gold price is boosting Central Asia’s econo...

But foreign investors might want to tread carefully

Nubank has conquered Brazil. Now it is expanding overseas

The country’s struggling economy provides a push

Despite the pause, America’s tariffs are the worst ever...

Reed Smoot, eat your heart out

How to charm Donald Trump

Over the next 90 days, countries must work out what America’s president wants

Why China thinks it might win a trade war with Trump

The country’s officials vow to “fight to the end”

Where real danger might lurk in chaotic markets

The worry is that wild swings could cause their own damage

Market carnage goes global

As stockmarkets plunge, Donald Trump seems untroubled. That is scary

Trump’s trade war threatens a global recession

Investors are worried. At least the economy is starting from a position of strength

Trump has exposed America’s world-leading firms to reta...

At companies from Alphabet to Goldman Sachs, bosses will be holding their breath

Five crazy Trump tariffs you wouldn’t believe 

Saint Pierre and Miquelon earns a dubious honour 

China hits back hard against Trump’s tariffs

Stockmarkets plunge further in response

How worrying is the weakening dollar?

In times of trouble, the greenback normally strengthens

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