The surging gold price is boosting Central Asia’s economies
Tian Shan—the name for the mountains that cross Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan—roughly translates as “Mountains of Hea...
Nubank has conquered Brazil. Now it is expanding overseas
Brazil may not be an obvious place to look for the future of retail banking. Yet in just over a decade Nubank, based in São P...
Trump’s tariff pain:the growing evidence
AMERICA’S ECONOMY is looking peaky. Inflation expectations are creeping up; consumer confidence is weakening. But Donald Trum...
Trump’s endless trade threats come at a growing cost
AMERICA’S ECONOMY is looking peaky. Inflation expectations are creeping up. On March 25th consumer confidence fell to its low...
How Europe can hurt Russia’s economy
VLADIMIR PUTIN is getting ready for an early Christmas. In the hope of a swift normalisation of relations with America, the K...
Live music seems recession-proof. Thank the ticket scalpers
The mood music on Wall Street is downbeat, as America’s government throttles trade and hints at recession. Consumers seem poi...
Live music seems recession-proof. Thank ticket scalpers
The mood music on Wall Street is downbeat, as America’s government throttles trade and consumers seem poised to trim spending...
Even the Trumpiest stocks are suffering
What are the Trumpiest firms? One way to answer the question is by looking at companies in the president’s orbit, such as Tes...
Beneath investors’ feet, the ground is shifting
Any time share prices are slumping, it is worth looking at a chart of America’s S&P 500 index that goes back to 1987. Tha...
The Trump administration is playing a dangerous stockmarket game
The Trump administration has been extraordinarily blasé about falling stocks. “I can tell you that corrections are healthy, t...