Economic Trends
Germany’s economy goes from bad to worse
Things may look brighter next year, but the relief will be short-lived
How the German economy went from bad to worse
Things may look brighter next year, but the relief will be short-lived
An economics Nobel for work on why nations succeed and ...
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson tackled the most important ques...
Why investors should still avoid Chinese stocks
The debate about “uninvestibility” obscures something important
Can the world’s most influential business index be fixed?
Two cheers for the World Bank’s new global business survey
Why have markets grown more captivated by data releases?
Especially when the quality of statistics is deteriorating
Europe’s green trade restrictions are infuriating poor ...
Only the poorest can expect help to cushion the blow
China’s property crisis claims more victims: companies
Unsold homes are contributing to a balance-sheet recession
Could war in the Gulf push oil to $100 a barrel?
Missiles are flying over a region that supplies a third of the world’s crude
How bond investors soured on France
They now regard the euro zone’s second-largest economy as riskier than Spain
A tonne of public debt is never made public
New research suggests governments routinely hide their borrowing
Why economic warfare nearly always misses its target
There is no such thing as a strategic commodity