Economy
Our coverage of global economics, from inflation-fighting central banks to apprehensive financial markets
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Finance & economics
At last, China pulls the trigger on a bold stimulus package
“Buy everything,” says an American hedge fund
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China
Xi Jinping wants to stifle thinking at a top Chinese think-tank
No more gloomy thoughts about the economy
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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
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Europe
A banking raid in Europe kicks up an unseemly nationalist defence
Der Italian banking job goes down badly in Germany
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Europe
Turkey and Central Asia are riding together again
The Organisation of Turkic States is a counterweight to Russia
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Finance & economics
Why the Federal Reserve is split on the future of interest rates
Jerome Powell began with a big cut. What comes next?
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Finance & economics
A Wall Street state of mind has captured America
Downtown New York is quieter than ever. Finance has never been louder
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Finance & economics
How lower American interest rates will boost Africa
One of the world’s worst-named financial instruments is newly relevant
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Leaders
If you must raise taxes, raise VAT
Taxing consumption is economically efficient and politically possible
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Finance & economics
Can Israel’s economy survive an all-out war with Hizbullah?
The country’s banks are experiencing capital flight
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Finance & economics
China’s central bank tries to save the economy—and the stockmarket
But it will need more help from the government
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Britain
Britain’s budget choices are not as bad as the government says
It has more room for manoeuvre than it lets on
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Finance & economics
Governments are bigger than ever. They are also more useless
Why voters across the rich world are miserable
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China
A typhoon hits Shanghai and the Chinese economy groans
Consumers are stuck inside during a three-day holiday
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Asia
The private sector won’t save America’s Indo-Pacific policy
More needs to be done to repair the economic relationship with South-East Asia
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Finance & economics
The world’s poorest countries have experienced a brutal decade
Why has development ground to a halt?