Despite a truce, US-EU trade relations are still tense
Jan 25th 2020AS RECENTLY AS a week ago, a big transatlantic bust-up seemed inevitable, with the annual meeting of the World Economic…
The ECB considers counting owner-occupied housing in inflation
Feb 1st 2020LIKE MANY good intentions, such as losing weight, the European Central Bank’s inflation target is largely aspirational….
Yield-curve control could prove a useful tool in the next recession
Jan 30th 2020MANY HAZARDS complicate the job of Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, from meddling presidents to…
Everyone now believes that private markets are better than public ones
Jan 30th 2020THERE WAS a time when a sure way to establish a reputation as a campus sage was to bang on about the “dialectic”,…
Finance internship
Jan 30th 2020Paid for by the Marjorie Deane Financial Journalism Foundation, the award is designed to provide work experience…
Companies warn of an economic crisis as China battles coronavirus
RARELY HAVE plans in China fallen apart so swiftly and so publicly. On January 12th the leaders of Hubei declared that the province’s…
Just how stable is Hong Kong’s economy?
“I WANTED TRAVELLERS to arrive and know exactly which city they were in,” wrote Andrew Bromberg, an architect, to explain…
Companies warn of economic crisis as China fights the coronavirus
RARELY HAVE plans in China fallen apart so swiftly, so publicly. On January 12th the leaders of Hubei declared that the province’s…
India’s budget disappoints investors
It does too little to shore up the flailing economy and failing banksONLY A CRICKET match with Pakistan could have drawn as much…