Tag: Finance
Don’t let Donald Trump see our Big Mac index
President Donald Trump likes fast food almost as much as he loves tariffs. During a government shutdown in his first term, he laid...
Do tariffs raise inflation?
Mountain-naming turned out to be a curiously high priority for Donald Trump. Mere hours after his inauguration, the president signed an executive order...
European governments struggle to stop rich people from fleeing
When a government falls apart, pay attention to the laws ministers still manage to pass. Germany’s collapsing “traffic-light” coalition was unable to agree...
Saba Capital wages war on underperforming British investment trusts
“Have you no shame?” cried Boaz Weinstein during a presentation to investors on January 14th. The boss of Saba Capital, an American hedge...
Has Japan truly escaped low inflation?
Japan is used to the position in which it currently finds itself: apart from the rest of the rich world. Elsewhere, as inflation...
How American bankers dodged the MAGA carnage
The masters of the universe have escaped an anti-globalist revolt
China’s financial system is under brutal pressure
“Short essays” appear to be causing big problems in China’s bond market. Over the past year the term has been used to refer...
The Arctic: climate change’s great economic opportunity
An enormous prize is on offer. When might it be grasped?
Donald Trump issues fresh tariff threats
SO BEGINS Donald Trump’s tariff roller-coaster, sure to be a stomach-churning ride for the global economy. He started his first day in office...
Ethiopia gets a stockmarket. Now it just needs some firms to...
It was a momentous occasion. But the peal of the bell did not initiate a flurry of trading at the Ethiopian Securities Exchange,...
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