Economic Trends
How Milei made Argentina deserving of an IMF bail-out
He offers the only way out of a supremely difficult situation
Tin, an overlooked critical metal, is enjoying a boom
Prized and in short supply, its price is very volatile
Financial markets flail in the face of America’s tariffs
Asia is hit hardest, but nowhere looks good
The American government’s accidental private-credit sub...
How a Depression-era lending scheme became a trillion-dollar wheeze
Trump takes America’s trade policies back to the 19th c...
The president jacks up tariffs on all countries, with particularly sharp rises f...
El Salvador’s wild crypto experiment ends in failure
Its curtailment is the price of an IMF bail-out. And one worth paying
America’s rich never sell their assets. How should they...
It is tempting to tax them during their lives. It is wiser to do so after their ...
Can foreign investors learn to love China again?
Wall Street still needs more to coax it back. But non-American firms may be read...
Why investors’ “Trump trade” might be flawed
Markets are betting Trump 2.0 would boost the dollar. It could fall instead
Donald Trump’s plan for American carmaking is full of p...
Taxing imported motors may not create many new jobs at home
Trump’s “Liberation Day” is set to whack America’s economy
A rush of new tariffs will hurt growth, raise prices and worsen inequality
Live music seems recession-proof. Thank ticket scalpers
When demand softens, the secondary market absorbs the pain
Nubank has conquered Brazil. Now it is expanding overseas
The country’s struggling economy provides a push
The surging gold price is boosting Central Asia’s econo...
But foreign investors might want to tread carefully
