A memo to candidates for the WTO’s next boss
May 23rd 2020WASHINGTON, DCSO YOU WANT to be the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). If successful, you…
Sovereign-wealth funds face lean years
May 21st 2020EVERY OTHER Monday Kirill Dmitriev, the boss of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), dials in to Zoom to chat…
Should the Fed cut rates below zero?
May 23rd 2020YOU COULD be forgiven for supposing that the Federal Reserve has already thrown everything—kitchen fixtures included—at…
Why you need to read Jane Austen to appreciate perpetual bonds
May 21st 2020EVERYBODY AGREES that Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” is a love story. A truth less universally acknowledged…
Why interest rates are so high in Africa
WHEN ROBERT MATSIKO was a young man his grain-milling business in Sheema, western Uganda, was destroyed by fire. These days, after…
Tracking the economic recovery
LAST MONTH The Economist coined the term “90% economy” to describe what will happen as lockdowns are eased across the world. It…
America files a new financial salvo at Beijing
May 14th 2020Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available…
Could travel bubbles offer a route to economic recovery?
Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers…
How to fight an economic crisis in a monetary union
May 16th 2020Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available…
Turkey’s defence of the lira has been unwise and ineffective
May 16th 2020ISTANBUL AND HONG KONGPOLICYMAKERS IN emerging markets frequently complain that foreign capital is fickle. But foreign…