Tag: Economy
How America’s economy is dodging disaster
It is astonishingly dynamic, even under the weight of tariffs
Inside Iran’s war economy
Even before the bombs began to fall, Iran’s economy was in a bad way. Six in ten working-age people were unemployed. Prices had...
Putin Suggests Russia Could Take Another Ukrainian City
During an annual economic conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, President Vladimir Putin did not rule out his forces taking the Ukrainian city of...
Trump’s investment claims – are tariffs boosting the US economy?
Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump may have called tariffs his favourite word in the dictionary. But when it comes to obsessions, business investment...
Trump faces a trillion-dollar tariff disappointment
In the early 20th century, before America introduced an income tax, tariffs paid many of the government’s bills. President Donald Trump wants to...
Trump will be unpleasantly surprised by America’s tariff revenues
In the early 20th century, before America had an income tax, tariffs paid many of the government’s bills. President Donald Trump wants to...
America and China prepare for an Alpine trade clash
SWITZERLAND ALWAYS imagined it would be where the fate of the global trading system was decided. It was in Geneva in 1947 that...
