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Trump’s “Liberation Day” is set to whack America’s economy

Apr 1 2025

A rush of new tariffs will hurt growth, raise prices and worsen inequality
Even priests need the free market

Mar 27 2025

What clergymen can learn from economists
Can foreign investors learn to love China again? 

Mar 27 2025

Wall Street still needs more to coax it back. But non-American firms may be ready to return
The surging gold price is boosting Central Asia’s economies

Mar 27 2025

But foreign investors might want to tread carefully
Nubank has conquered Brazil. Now it is expanding overseas

Mar 27 2025

The country’s struggling economy provides a push
Trump’s tariff pain: the growing evidence

Mar 27 2025

As “liberation day” nears, American businesses suffer 
How Europe can hurt Russia’s economy

Mar 27 2025

Even if America lifts sanctions, the old continent has its own weapons
Live music seems recession-proof. Thank ticket scalpers

Mar 27 2025

When demand softens, the secondary market absorbs the pain
Even the Trumpiest stocks are suffering

Mar 20 2025

Investors may have misjudged which firms would thrive under the new administration
Beneath investors’ feet, the ground is shifting

Mar 20 2025

More remarkable than slumping share prices are the forces behind them