It’s too early to write off China’s economy
China’s stock markets have fallen to five-year lows. But predictions of the country’s imminent collapse are premature.
China’s stock markets have fallen to five-year lows. But predictions of the country’s imminent collapse are premature.
Will an inflationary, disinflationary, or even deflationary economy self-right over time, and if so, does flexible interest rate policy add meaningfully to the process?
The headline number of an economic release counts less than what the market expects it to be and how it is positioned before it hits the screens.
Expect a year of big political change, gradually lifting economic clouds, lingering debt problems and some novel developments on the sporting front.
The new chief of the disastrous water company is going to need all the luck he can get.
The current economic and monetary environments are very different to the 1970s, not least because both public sector and household debt have mushroomed.
The PM will celebrate October’s inflation figures – though cynics will question how much credit he can take.
Iain Martin talks to Maggie Pagano about how Sunak will handle Braverman, the potential of electoral reform and the influence of social justice activism on businesses.
We are accustomed to rapid economic growth in East Asia. But this is the first time in decades that growth is now faster outside China than inside it.
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