If the tariff uncertainty ends up being more prolonged—persisting until June, say—then the blow to growth could be twice as ...

Perhaps this is because, as Mr Carvalho suggests, people who have sat through years of religious education have already made ...

Since then, the S & P 500 index has peaked, in February, and then fallen by more than 8%. In light of Mr Trump’s many tariff ...

But this year the MSCI China index has beaten its American equivalent by an impressive 20 percentage points, on the back of ...

The Economist has a long-standing aversion to tariffs: it was founded in 1843 to campaign for their elimination—specifically, ...

It is fitting for a range that is dotted with gold mines, including Kumtor, one of Central Asia’s largest and a symbol of ...

Economists reckon that total consumption—including state spending on things like running schools and hospitals—will have to ...

Like John Cleese towering over Ronnie Corbett in their comic portrayal of the class system, the top and bottom rungs of ...

Ivory Coast’s success is not unqualified. Entrepreneurs grouse about a lack of skills among the young, not surprising since ...

Today it is a different story. Rich-world rents are rising at an annual pace of 5% or so, the fastest sustained increase in ...