The Economist: Finance and economics

Vladimir Putin’s money machine is sputtering

After years of resilience, Russia’s economy is slowing down

Stockmarkets do not reward firms for investing in Trump...

The perils of reshoring

How a mortgage transforms your investment portfolio

They turn retail savers into hedge-fund managers

The risky world of private assets opens up to retail in...

Fund managers smell an opportunity to get even bigger

A takeover bid promises consolidation in Italian finance

But more complication, too

Why China has the upper hand in its trade war with America

A truce is still possible, but no one wants to be first to pick up the phone

Why economists should like booze

A martini doesn’t just steady the nerves after a rollercoaster week

Warren Buffett has created a $348bn question for his su...

Berkshire Hathaway’s next CEO has huge shoes to fill—and a mountain of cash to i...

Don’t blame imports for the fall in America’s GDP

Why what you’ve read about the trade deficit hurting growth is wrong

Unlike everyone else, Americans and Britons still shun ...

What is their love of working from home doing to their economies?

Trump wants a certain kind of immigrant: the uber-rich

He is right that America’s current “golden visa” is under-priced

Why American tech stocks are newly vulnerable

Recent market turbulence has exposed uncomfortable weaknesses

Trump fires at the Fed. America’s economy is collateral...

The president may test legal bounds as he tries to sway Jerome Powell

Will China’s shoppers cushion the Trumpian blow?

Perhaps. But nastier outcomes are also imaginable

Should investors spend the trade war in India?

Mumbai may be a haven, but it is not a safe one

Not just Trump: Asia has a trade problem of its own making

A “noodle bowl” of agreements gets in the way of regional commerce 

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