The Economist: Finance and economics

Will America’s stockmarket convulsions spread?

Investors are hurrying to find alternatives—but all face difficulties of their own

Does Trump really want a weaker dollar?

Overturning three decades of American policy will not be painless

What sparks an investing revolution?

Ideas that emerged from the University of Chicago in the 1960s changed the world...

Can Europe cope with a free-spending Germany?

Pity the continent’s exporters

Your guide to the new anti-immigration argument

Nativists say that migrants raise house prices, cost money and undermine economi...

Can anything get China’s shoppers to spend?

An economic recovery depends on it. Yet a new action plan may not do the job

Stablecoins: the real crypto craze

Policymakers are racing to catch up with their rapid rise

Why American credit-card delinquencies have suddenly sh...

They are now at a 13-year high. How concerned should you be?

Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs are absurd

At first glance, they are a bureaucratic nightmare. On a closer look, they are e...

It is not the economic impact of tariffs that is most w...

What are the lessons of the 1930s?

Trump’s new tariffs are his most extreme ever

America targets its three biggest trading partners: Canada, Mexico and China

India has undermined a popular myth about development

Extreme poverty in the country has dropped to negligible levels

How cheap can investing get?

The answer depends on whether speculators resist zany ETFs

Meet Trump’s fiercest opponent: the bond market

Treasury yields are falling sharply. But not for the president’s desired reasons

How Trump provoked a stockmarket sell-off

Will the president win back investors? Does he even want to?

More testosterone means higher pay—for some men

A changing appetite for status games could play a role

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