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Don’t count on monetary policy to make housing affordable

Dec 19 2024

Unless housebuilding picks up, neither cheap nor dear money will bring relief
Why Brazil’s currency is plunging

Dec 19 2024

Fiscal and monetary policy are now pitted against one another
The search for the world’s most efficient charities

Dec 19 2024

What the data say about doing good well
Conflict is remaking the Middle East’s economic order

Dec 19 2024

Iran is boxed in as Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Turkey look to capitalise
Ukraine is winning the economic war against Russia

Dec 18 2024

Whether that lasts depends on its ability to overcome acute shortages of power, men and money
The World Bank is struggling to serve all 78 poor countries

Dec 12 2024

Bangladesh and Niger are very different places
The Federal Reserve takes on Trump—and stubborn inflation

Dec 12 2024

Time for Jerome Powell to enter the octagon
What a censored speech says about China’s economy

Dec 12 2024

If growth is on target, why is inflation so low?
Bitcoin is up by 138% this year. It is a nonsense-free rally

Dec 12 2024

The link between digital assets and mainstream finance is strengthening
Which economy did best in 2024?

Dec 10 2024

We rank countries on five measures