Economy
Our coverage of global economics, from inflation-fighting central banks to apprehensive financial markets
Finance & economics
Why economic warfare nearly always misses its target
There is no such thing as a strategic commodity
Finance & economics
A tonne of public debt is never made public
New research suggests governments routinely hide their borrowing
Leaders
Don’t celebrate China’s stimulus just yet
It will take more than a spectacular stockmarket rally to revive the economy
Finance & economics
Xi Jinping’s belated stimulus has reset the mood in Chinese markets
But can the buying frenzy last?
Business
The future of the Chinese consumer—in three glasses
What China’s biggest distiller, brewer and water-bottler say about its economy
Finance & economics
The house-price supercycle is just getting going
Why property prices could keep rising for years
Finance & economics
Why is Canada’s economy falling behind America’s?
The country was slightly richer than Montana in 2019. Now it is just poorer than Alabama
China
Worries of a Soviet-style collapse keep Xi Jinping up at night
China’s Communists have now been in power longer than the Soviets
United States
Harris’s and Trump’s economic plans both promise utopia
High spending, low taxes—and don’t worry about the deficit
Finance & economics
At last, China pulls the trigger on a bold stimulus package
“Buy everything,” says an American hedge fund
China
Xi Jinping wants to stifle thinking at a top Chinese think-tank
No more gloomy thoughts about the economy
The Americas
Digital nomads are a force for good in Latin America
It is unfair to blame remote workers for gentrifying neighbourhoods and raising rents
Europe
A banking raid in Europe kicks up an unseemly nationalist defence
Der Italian banking job goes down badly in Germany
Europe
Turkey and Central Asia are riding together again
The Organisation of Turkic States is a counterweight to Russia
Finance & economics
Why the Federal Reserve is split on the future of interest rates
Jerome Powell began with a big cut. What comes next?