Finance & Economics

Ethiopia gets a stockmarket. Now it just needs some fir...

The country is no longer the most populous without a bourse

Are big cities overrated?

New economic research suggests so

Why catastrophe bonds are failing to cover disaster damage

The innovative form of insurance is reaching its limits

Donald Trump issues fresh tariff threats

But it may be a while before he unleashes a universal levy

China meets its official growth target. Not everyone is...

For one thing, 2024 saw the second-weakest rise in nominal GDP since the 1970s

China’s financial system is under brutal pressure

When will something break?

The Arctic: climate change’s great economic opportunity

An enormous prize is on offer. When might it be grasped?

Has Japan truly escaped low inflation?

Its central bankers are increasingly hopeful

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...

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