Did Abenomics work?
Sep 3rd 2020AS AN EXERCISE in political branding, Abenomics has been an unusual success. When Abe Shinzo returned to power as…
The WTO’s outgoing boss leaves behind a hobbled body
Roberto Azevêdo departs in a worsening climate for international tradeAug 30th 2020WASHINGTON, DCWHEN ROBERTO AZEVÊDO, the director-general…
Is Wall Street winning in China?
IF YOU WANT a sure-fire way to get rejected, try asking Western financial firms for interviews about how geopolitical tensions…
Will the Fed’s policy shift start a trend?
Sep 3rd 2020WASHINGTON, DCIN 2018, WHEN America’s long recovery from the 2007-09 financial crisis pushed the unemployment rate…
The World Bank’s business-rankings mess
Sep 3rd 2020RUNNING A BUSINESS is hard in many parts of the world. So the World Bank gives governments an incentive to make it…
Can private equity’s numbers be trusted?
Sep 3rd 2020IN “THE BLACK ISLAND”, Tintin, the quiff-sporting boy reporter, uses a plane to chase a pair of forgers flying…
Who does Wall Street back for president?
THE TIES between Wall Street financiers and politicians are the subject of a lot of scrutiny. Not for nothing is Goldman Sachs,…
Two damning portrayals of Indian finance
Sep 5th 2020CENTRAL BANKERS who leave office often write memoirs. Few are as damning of the financial system they once served…
How to launder ill-gotten gains
Sep 10th 2020 WHEN WILLIE SUTTON was asked why he robbed banks, he reputedly replied: “Because that’s where the money is.”…
How to bet on art and other baubles
Sep 10th 2020IMAGINE OWNING a Claude Monet, a 1977 Lotus Esprit, or a thoroughbred racehorse. Some retail investors have got their…