Latest news from Economist-Finance

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2-Apr-2025 Can the world’s free-traders withstand Trump’s attack? Much will depend on the courage of Europe Request summary
2-Apr-2025 The American government’s accidental private-credit subsidy How a Depression-era lending scheme became a trillion-dollar wheeze Request summary
3-Apr-2025 Trump takes America’s trade policies back to the 19th century The president jacks up tariffs on all countries, with particularly sharp rises for much of Asia Request summary
3-Apr-2025 How Milei made Argentina deserving of an IMF bail-out He offers the only way out of a supremely difficult situation Request summary
3-Apr-2025 Tin, an overlooked critical metal, is enjoying a boom Prized and in short supply, its price is very volatile Request summary
3-Apr-2025 What a refugee camp reveals about economics In Dzaleka, Malawi, everyone receives $9 a month Request summary
3-Apr-2025 Financial markets flail in the face of America’s tariffs Asia is hit hardest, but nowhere looks good Request summary
31-Mar-2025 Why investors’ “Trump trade” might be flawed Markets are betting Trump 2.0 would boost the dollar. It could fall instead Request summary
31-Mar-2025 America is at risk of a Trumpian economic slowdown Protectionist threats and erratic policies are combining to hurt growth Request summary
31-Mar-2025 Will America’s stockmarket convulsions spread? Investors are hurrying to find alternatives—but all face difficulties of their own Request summary
27-Mar-2025 Live music seems recession-proof. Thank ticket scalpers When demand softens, the secondary market absorbs the pain Request summary
27-Mar-2025 How Europe can hurt Russia’s economy Even if America lifts sanctions, the old continent has its own weapons Request summary
27-Mar-2025 Trump’s tariff pain: the growing evidence As “liberation day” nears, American businesses suffer  Request summary
27-Mar-2025 Nubank has conquered Brazil. Now it is expanding overseas The country’s struggling economy provides a push Request summary
27-Mar-2025 The surging gold price is boosting Central Asia’s economies But foreign investors might want to tread carefully Request summary
27-Mar-2025 Can foreign investors learn to love China again?  Wall Street still needs more to coax it back. But non-American firms may be ready to return Request summary
27-Mar-2025 Even priests need the free market What clergymen can learn from economists Request summary
1-Apr-2025 Trump’s “Liberation Day” is set to whack America’s economy A rush of new tariffs will hurt growth, raise prices and worsen inequality Request summary
31-Mar-2025 Donald Trump’s plan for American carmaking is full of potholes Taxing imported motors may not create many new jobs at home Request summary
30-Mar-2025 Trump’s “Liberation Day” is set to whack America’s economy A rush of new tariffs will hurt growth, raise prices and worsen inequality Request summary