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Trump’s trade victims are shrugging off his attacks

And China is gaining in the process

In praise of complicated investing strategies

To understand markets, forget Occam’s razor

How America’s AI boom is squeezing the rest of the economy

Beware the data-centre takeover

Where has the worst inflation problem?

We update our entrenchment measure

Growth-loving authoritarians are failing on their own terms

In Asia, East Africa and the Gulf leaders now face an unpleasant choice

What 630,000 paintings say about the world economy

Kandinsky, Monet and Rembrandt were economists as well as artists

Ivy League universities are on a debt binge

The borrowers, including Harvard, Princeton and Yale, benefit from a “prestige premium”

Palantir might be the most overvalued firm of all time

What would make it worth buying?

America’s housing market is shuddering

For the country’s homeowners, the good times are coming to an end

An economist’s guide to big life decisions

Forget your trip to the dentist. A new check-up is required

Want better returns? Forget risk. Focus on fear

A recent study suggests a new paradigm for asset pricing

America’s fertility crash reaches a new low

Even once-fecund states are having fewer children

Buy now, pay later is taking over the world. Good

Buy that burrito, and don’t let anyone judge you

Trump will not let the world move on from tariffs

Six charts show the damage to America, its trading partners and its consumers

Uncovering the secret food trade that corrupts Iran’s neighbours

Oil and terrorism are not the country’s only exports

Japan’s dealmaking machine revs up

Private equity is enjoying a renaissance in an unlikely place

A fresh retail-trading frenzy is reshaping financial markets

Blame apps and DORKs, not stimmies

Europe averts its Trumpian trade nightmare

A deal with America chooses certain tariffs over risky retaliation

Europe averts its Trumpian trade nightmare

A deal with America chooses certain tariffs over risky retaliation

Who’s feeling the pain of Trump’s tariffs?

Foreign companies are sharing the load. For now

What economics can teach foreign-policy types

Hegemons should care about even puny countries

Where will be the Detroit of electric vehicles?

A fierce battle is under way in China

Want higher pay? Stay in your job

America’s cooling labour market is bad news for those who move about

Why is AI so slow to spread? Economics can explain

Businesses are ignoring the street of hundred-dollar bills

Trump’s real threat: industry-specific tariffs

Which countries would be hit hardest by levies on electronics and pharmaceuticals?

Americans can still get a 2% mortgage

At a time of high interest rates, there are bargains to be found

Stablecoins might cut America’s debt payments. But at what cost?

The Trump administration will take any help it can get

Our Big Mac index will sadden America’s burger-lovers

Trump’s tariffs have brought a double serving of pain

War, geopolitics, energy crisis: how the economy evades every disaster

A new form of capitalism may explain its success

Jane Street is chucked out of India. Other firms should be nervous

Around the world, marketmakers now face extra scrutiny

Japan has been hit by investing fever

Will old folk catch the bug?

Don’t invest through the rearview mirror

Markets are supposed to look forward; plenty of investors look back instead

Trump’s trade deals try a creative way to hobble China

To appease the world’s biggest market, countries must anger the world’s biggest trader

Struggling with the trade war? Amateur football might help

Jiangsu’s party cadres find success with a bizarre idea

How America’s economy is dodging disaster

It is astonishingly dynamic, even under the weight of tariffs

Inside Iran’s war economy

Airstrikes and sanctions leave the country poor. They do little to halt its nuclear development

Vanguard will soon crush fees for even more investors

Pity the firm’s rivals

How to strike a trade deal with Donald Trump

Vietnam is the latest country to secure concessions

Xi Jinping wages war on price wars

Unfortunately for China’s leader, his own policies are often to blame for them

Why commodities are on a rollercoaster ride

Pity Tommy Norris. And his real-world equivalents

The dream scenario for prediction markets

Polymarket and Kalshi are soaring in popularity. With a few tweaks, they could really take off

Who are the world’s best investors?

The answer is not hedge funds or quant shops or short-sellers

Can China reclaim its IPO crown?

Hong Kong is hot. The mainland very much is not

The economic lessons from Ukraine’s spectacular drone success

National security is a weak argument for battery subsidies

America and China have spooked each other

With the costs of the trade war abundantly clear, officials seek to restore their truce

The rise of the loner consumer

Solo spenders are a new economic force

Trump’s tariffs have so far caused little inflation

Our estimate of their impact will update every month

Who would pay America’s “revenge tax” on foreigners?

Overseas investors at first—then Americans

India has a chance to cure its investment malaise

Global trade turmoil presents a rare opportunity