The front-runner for Joe Biden’s Treasury boss has a mighty CV
24 October 2020, 1:00 am
Lael Brainard, a Fed official, has worked for two presidents
Can too many brainy people be a dangerous thing?
24 October 2020, 1:00 am
Some academics argue that unhappy elites lead to political instability
Wanted: a new writer to cover finance
24 October 2020, 1:00 am
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the favourite to lead the WTO
22 October 2020, 3:54 pm
The leadership race tells you something about thorny trade issues
Who decides what counts as an emerging market?
22 October 2020, 3:54 pm
A glimpse into the mysterious world of benchmark providers
Price gouging: a cautionary tale
22 October 2020, 3:54 pm
New York City’s new rules show the difficulties of regulating prices
How Berlin has become a centre for European venture capital
22 October 2020, 3:54 pm
Once edgy, the tech scene is in danger of going mainstream
Finance internship
22 October 2020, 1:00 am
The Economist invites applications for the 2021 Marjorie Deane journalism internship
Wall Street will soon have to take millennial investors seriously
20 October 2020, 1:00 am
There is more to young investors than Robinhood and TikTok
The tale of Iran’s stockmarket bubble is familiar—but also strange
17 October 2020, 1:00 am
There is more to it than savings having nowhere else to go
Why securing debt forgiveness for poor countries is so hard
17 October 2020, 1:00 am
For debt relief to be meaningful, private creditors and China must be on board
The IMF predicts that the world economy will suffer from “long covid”
17 October 2020, 1:00 am
Some lost growth will not be recovered
Low interest rates leave savers with few good options
17 October 2020, 1:00 am
The covid-19 pandemic has only sharpened the dilemma
Can China’s reported growth be trusted?
15 October 2020, 3:57 pm
Economists have constructed alternative gauges, some less flattering than others
Wall Street says it is braced for losses. Now what?
15 October 2020, 3:57 pm
One question is what they do with their earnings
The Nobel prize in economics rewards advances in auction theory
12 October 2020, 1:00 am
For the third time since 2007, it goes to designers of market mechanisms
American banks’ earnings will gauge customers’ financial health
11 October 2020, 1:00 am
Is the pandemic leading to a marked rise in defaults on loans to firms and households?
How investors are hedging against possible election chaos in America
10 October 2020, 1:00 am
They were once betting on a contested outcome. That has changed
Why trade imbalances are a worry during a global downturn
10 October 2020, 1:00 am
Monetary policy begins to look more like a zero-sum game
How trade is being used to enforce labour standards
10 October 2020, 1:00 am
Both America and the EU are toughening up
What takeovers of fund managers tell you about markets
8 October 2020, 3:58 pm
Trian, an activist hedge fund, has taken stakes in two asset managers. It has mergers on its mind
How the digital surge will reshape finance
8 October 2020, 1:00 am
Thanks to covid-19, more people than ever are banking and making payments online
Are Europe’s furlough schemes winding down?
8 October 2020, 1:00 am
Nearly 9% of workers are still on the schemes, down from 20% in April
How some international treaties threaten the environment
5 October 2020, 1:00 am
Investor-state dispute-settlement provisions are blamed for impeding government action
Outright bans can sometimes be a good way to fight climate change
3 October 2020, 1:00 am
Studies show prospective bans on petrol-powered cars may be less inefficient than you think
Foreign capital helps ease India’s credit drought
3 October 2020, 1:00 am
As risk capital dries up at home, foreign institutional investors are proving influential
Mastercard and Visa seek to get the most out of the digital-payments boom
3 October 2020, 1:00 am
The credit-card duopoly is crashing the faster-payments party
Why east and west German women still work vastly different hours
3 October 2020, 1:00 am
Thirty years after reunification, eastern women are still more likely to work full-time
JPMorgan Chase faces a fine of $920m for market manipulation
3 October 2020, 1:00 am
Traders are alleged to have used “spoofing” to rig markets
Lessons from the endowment model
3 October 2020, 1:00 am
There is more to it than buying alternatives and being contrarian
Is China’s biggest property developer truly too big to fail?
3 October 2020, 1:00 am
Regulators want Evergrande to save itself by raising cash and cutting its debts
Why, despite the coronavirus pandemic, house prices continue to rise
30 September 2020, 1:00 am
Monetary policy, fiscal measures and buyers’ preferences explain the unlikely boom
Can China’s economic miracle continue?
26 September 2020, 1:00 am
In a new book, Thomas Orlik argues China is “the bubble that never pops”
Why covid-19 will make killing zombie firms off harder
26 September 2020, 1:00 am
Easier access to credit and government support means they will stumble on
Has the Vatican cleaned up its finances?
26 September 2020, 1:00 am
International inspectors will arrive to find two controversies swirling
Why is America’s economy beating forecasts?
26 September 2020, 1:00 am
A retreat of the virus, a big stimulus and a flexible labour market is causing faster growth
Will Japan see a new generation of zombie firms?
24 September 2020, 3:53 pm
Lessons from the birthplace of the corporate zombie
Does economic growth boost stock prices?
24 September 2020, 3:53 pm
There is sense to the current combination of pessimism and high stock prices
What is fuelling China’s economic recovery?
19 September 2020, 1:00 am
Industry had a head start, but consumption is starting to pick up
Who will buy Borsa Italiana?
19 September 2020, 1:00 am
Euronext is not the highest bidder, but it is the most politically expedient choice
How would Joe Biden change America’s trade policy?
19 September 2020, 1:00 am
Less than America’s trade partners might hope
What is the point of green bonds?
19 September 2020, 1:00 am
A new study finds little evidence that they directly cut carbon or lower costs
How does today’s tech boom compare with the dotcom era?
19 September 2020, 1:00 am
Tech stocks are reliving the heady days of the 1990s. Productivity looks wildly different
Can you make money from the Big Mac index?
19 September 2020, 1:00 am
Arbitrageurs have long sought to exploit the idea of purchasing-power parity
How many of America’s top companies have a female CEO?
19 September 2020, 1:00 am
Jane Fraser, Citigroup’s next boss, joins an elite group
Is the world economy recovering?
16 September 2020, 1:00 am
A recovery is taking shape—but it is extraordinarily uneven
How has trade survived covid-19?
12 September 2020, 1:00 am
Better than during the global financial crisis
Beware the power of retail investors
12 September 2020, 1:00 am
Armed with derivatives, they are raising the volatility of tech stocks
Ports are highly exposed to climate change and often ill-prepared
12 September 2020, 1:00 am
Over half of global trade passes through ports with high climate risks
Which is the best market model?
12 September 2020, 1:00 am
Covid tests the merits of different modes of capitalism
What can be learnt from Chinese futures trading?
12 September 2020, 1:00 am
If you love eggs, this is the market for you
How to bet on art and other baubles
10 September 2020, 3:56 pm
There’s an app for that
How to launder ill-gotten gains
10 September 2020, 3:56 pm
A popular form of bank theft blends the digital and physical
Why are European banks merging?
10 September 2020, 3:56 pm
An ECB accounting change is encouraging new alliances
Two damning portrayals of Indian finance
5 September 2020, 1:00 am
A pair of former central bankers spill the beans
Who does Wall Street back for president?
5 September 2020, 1:00 am
Neither presidential candidate is bringing in the big bucks
Will the Fed’s policy shift start a trend?
3 September 2020, 3:59 pm
A weaker dollar may force other central banks to follow
Can private equity’s numbers be trusted?
3 September 2020, 3:59 pm
More transparency is needed as the industry attracts new investors
The World Bank’s business-rankings mess
3 September 2020, 3:59 pm
The data may have been fiddled
Is Wall Street winning in China?
3 September 2020, 3:59 pm
As America tries to cut links, China is opening its door to foreign capital and firms
Did Abenomics work?
3 September 2020, 1:00 am
And what did the world learn from it?
The WTO’s outgoing boss leaves behind a hobbled body
30 August 2020, 1:00 am
Roberto Azevêdo departs in a worsening climate for international trade
For fixed-income investors, hell is other bondholders
29 August 2020, 1:00 am
As Argentina shows, investors have much to fear from their less predictable brethren
Phil Hogan, Europe’s trade commissioner, resigns
29 August 2020, 1:00 am
A controversy over a quarantine forces him out
Nicolai Tangen pays a big price for his new gig
27 August 2020, 4:01 pm
The incoming boss of Norway’s oil fund sells off his sizeable personal investments
Ant Group IPO filing shows its might
27 August 2020, 4:01 pm
Born a payment service, it is now a major conduit for credit
In twenty years, exchanges have gone from clubby firms to huge conglomerates
27 August 2020, 4:01 pm
They control everything from the software powering back offices to the data pored over by investors
The explosion at Beirut’s port will blow a hole in insurers’ balance-sheets
27 August 2020, 4:01 pm
The worst scenario for insurers is also the most likely: that the blast was an accident
Efforts to rein in house prices are fuelling discontent in Seoul
27 August 2020, 4:01 pm
Measures aimed at speculators are hurting first-time buyers
Psychological scars of downturns could depress growth for decades
27 August 2020, 4:01 pm
Research presented at the Jackson Hole conference models the effect
The Fed makes its biggest inflation-policy change in decades
27 August 2020, 1:00 am
It now weighs jobs as heavily as prices, but has not made the radical shift many had hoped for
Can Dubai enter the premier league of financial centres?
22 August 2020, 1:00 am
It will need to adapt to a less globalised world, and clean up its act
Why the economic value of a face mask is $56.14
22 August 2020, 1:00 am
A new frontier in facial finance
China’s monetary stimulus is unusually restrained
20 August 2020, 3:51 pm
Its apparent conservatism is partly an unwinding of past excesses
America’s fiscal federalism is less superior than you might think
20 August 2020, 3:51 pm
Europe’s federation has been surprisingly effective
Bubble-hunting has become more art than science
19 August 2020, 1:00 am
With the usual gauges of frothiness out of action, behavioural signals are all investors have
Should personal financial data be sent to foreign tax authorities?
15 August 2020, 1:00 am
Activists argue current rules favour transparency over privacy
In India, gold-based finance is booming
13 August 2020, 3:57 pm
Jewellery turns to collateral in troubled times
A new study shows emerging economies are catching up
13 August 2020, 3:57 pm
It also sheds light on some of the mysteries of economic growth
As the lira slides, what will Turkey’s central bank do?
13 August 2020, 3:57 pm
The authorities are desperately trying to avoid rate rises
Blended finance is struggling to take off
13 August 2020, 3:57 pm
Hopes that it will fill a trillion-dollar financing gap seem far-fetched
Has the ECB found a way around the lower bound on interest rates?
13 August 2020, 3:57 pm
Its cheap loans to banks could help kickstart inflation
What it takes to become an academic economist is changing
8 August 2020, 1:00 am
Pre-doctoral programmes are a new rung on the professional ladder
Why European banks expect fewer bad loans than American rivals
6 August 2020, 3:59 pm
It may be a sign of weakness rather than optimism
Hard questions as scientists and governments seek covid-19 vaccines
6 August 2020, 3:59 pm
They must work out how much to invest, and how best to distribute the goods
Do Alipay and Tenpay misuse their market power?
6 August 2020, 3:59 pm
Both dominate payments in China
Dollar dominance is as secure as American global leadership
6 August 2020, 3:59 pm
The currency’s wobbles have fed fears that a reckoning looms for the world’s economic hegemon
Official economic forecasts for poor countries are too rosy
4 August 2020, 1:00 am
Over-optimism at the IMF and the World Bank can have serious consequences
Has India’s moratorium on loan payments delayed the pain for banks?
1 August 2020, 1:00 am
It has shielded borrowers; but some banks may struggle once defaults are realised
The EU’s recovery fund revives a debate on common taxes
1 August 2020, 1:00 am
But for every tax proposed, there is a national veto
In emerging markets, short-term panic gives way to long-term worry
1 August 2020, 1:00 am
Emergency measures have helped keep economies alive, but could have nasty side-effects in the long term
The fear of robots displacing workers has returned
30 July 2020, 3:51 pm
But do not expect tech-induced lay-offs just yet
Bridgewater faces losses and a lawsuit
30 July 2020, 3:51 pm
The most successful hedge-fund firm of all time hits a rough patch
The SPAC hack
30 July 2020, 3:51 pm
The latest twist in the power struggle between Silicon Valley and Wall Street
The price of gold surges to an all-time high
30 July 2020, 3:51 pm
And the dollar weakens against the euro
Emmanuel Farhi has died at the age of 41
30 July 2020, 1:00 am
The economist was one of the brightest minds of his generation
Banks lose out to capital markets when it comes to credit provision
25 July 2020, 1:00 am
That explains the Fed’s response to the latest economic crisis
Ant Group announces plans to list in Shanghai and Hong Kong
23 July 2020, 3:51 pm
It becomes the latest in a trail of listings
Unusually, copper and gold prices are rising in tandem
23 July 2020, 3:51 pm
An uncertain and uneven recovery explains their skyward leap
A shift from paper to virtual cash will empower central banks
23 July 2020, 3:51 pm
Officially issued digital currencies could help usher in negative interest rates
