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Eco - The Economist - 1 day ago

What if artificial intelligence is just a “normal” technology?

Its rise might yet follow the path of previous technological revolutions

Eco - The Economist - 1 day ago

Bond vigilantes take aim at France

With any luck, the stand-off might focus politicians’ minds

Eco - The Economist - 1 day ago

The hard right’s plans for Europe’s economy

It has moderated, but offers little hope of growth-boosting reform

Eco - The Economist - 2 days ago

Why supply shocks are a trap for commodity investors

Lessons from lithium’s fake rally

Eco - The Economist - 3 days ago

China turns crypto-curious

But would the country’s leaders really want stablecoins to succeed?

Eco - The Economist - 4 days ago

America is escaping its office crisis

The torment caused by covid-19 and high interest rates appears to be over

Eco - The Economist - 4 days ago

The threat of deflation stalks Asia’s economies

Blame China, slumping commodities and creaky growth

Eco - The Economist - 8 days ago

Gambling or investing? In America, the line is increasingly blurred

Bet on stocks in a prediction market run by a sports-betting firm and a futures exchange

Eco - The Economist - 8 days ago

How Trump’s war on the Federal Reserve could do serious damage

Just consider what happens if inflation starts to rise again

Eco - The Economist - 9 days ago

Assessing the case against Lisa Cook

How strong is the evidence against her, and how bad would it be if the claims were true?

Eco - The Economist - 9 days ago

Why you should buy your employer’s shares

Even though doing so flies in the face of most financial advice

Eco - The Economist - 9 days ago

The Economist’s finance and economics internship

We invite applications for our Marjorie Deane scheme

Eco - The Economist - 9 days ago
Eco - The Economist - 10 days ago

Trump “fires” Lisa Cook, escalating his war on the Federal Reserve

There is little precedent: no Fed governor has been dismissed for cause before

Eco - The Economist - 11 days ago

Trump’s interest-rate crusade will be self-defeating

The president’s threats loomed over this year’s Jackson Hole conference

Eco - The Economist - 11 days ago

Trump’s crusade against the Federal Reserve will be self-defeating

The president’s demand for lower interest rates has so far met with stoic resistance

Eco - The Economist - 12 days ago

Fear the deficit-populism doom loop

Politicians, particularly in Europe, are in a terrible bind

Eco - The Economist - 15 days ago
Eco - The Economist - 15 days ago

The green transition has a surprising new home

Forget about northern Europeans, with their coalition governments and love of cycling

Eco - The Economist - 15 days ago

Can China cope with a deindustrialised future?

Communist Party officials face a difficult ideological turn

Eco - The Economist - 16 days ago

Trump’s trade victims are shrugging off his attacks

And China is gaining in the process

Eco - The Economist - 18 days ago

In praise of complicated investing strategies

To understand markets, forget Occam’s razor

Eco - The Economist - 18 days ago
Eco - The Economist - 19 days ago

Why America can’t shake off inflation

Our measure of entrenchment suggests its problem is the rich world’s worst

Eco - The Economist - 19 days ago

Where has the worst inflation problem?

We update our entrenchment measure

Eco - The Economist - 22 days ago

Growth-loving authoritarians are failing on their own terms

In Asia, East Africa and the Gulf leaders now face an unpleasant choice

Eco - The Economist - 22 days ago

What 630,000 paintings say about the world economy

Artists are the unacknowledged economists of the world

Eco - The Economist - 22 days ago

Who will win from Trump’s tariffs?

New rates mean new “China plus one” locations

Eco - The Economist - 22 days ago

Where will win from Trump’s tariffs?

New rates mean new “China plus one” locations

Eco - The Economist - 22 days ago

To sell Fannie and Freddie, Trump must answer a $7trn question

Investor optimism means the duo are outperforming Nvidia

Eco - The Economist - 23 days ago

Ivy League universities are on a debt binge

The borrowers, which include Harvard, Princeton and Yale, benefit from a “prestige premium”

Eco - The Economist - 24 days ago
Eco - The Economist - 24 days ago
Eco - The Economist - 26 days ago

America’s housing market is shuddering

For the country’s homeowners, the good times are coming to an end

Eco - The Economist - 29 days ago

Xi Jinping’s city of the future is coming to life

It is both impressive and worrying

Eco - The Economist - 29 days ago

An economist’s guide to big life decisions

Forget your trip to the dentist. A new check-up is required

Eco - The Economist - 30 days ago

Want better returns? Forget risk. Focus on fear

A recent study suggests a new paradigm for asset pricing

Eco - The Economist - 30 days ago

If America goes after India’s oil trade, China will benefit

A crackdown on Russian crude would have knock-on consequences

Eco - The Economist - 31 days ago

America’s fertility crash reaches a new low

Even once-fecund states are having fewer children