Those 4.9bn tonnes of coal represented more than half the world’s total consumption. They also represented a record level of Chinese consumption. If an economy is heavily electrified, economic growth ...

But she also voiced a concern shared by more and more of China’s people. “Everyone feels it. Summers are hotter, winters are ...

But Rodrik also believes there can be no return to the pre-Trump global system, which relied on one-size-fits-all trade rules enforced by transnational agencies such as the World Trade Organization.

High levels of inequality, within and between countries, are making the world more vulnerable to pandemics, making pandemics more economically disruptive and deadly, and making them last longer; ...

Airbnb began with Mr Chesky and two friends renting out an airbed in their living room in San Francisco. The idea of a platform to help people open up their homes to paying guests proved a hit, and ...

Wall Street’s finest might warn of a crash, but do not expect them to say when it will arrive. ■ ...

Speaking to an economist conference a Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee member likened the setting of monetary policy in ...

The adoption of artificial intelligence presents a particularly promising avenue. ASB Economists estimate that the effective integration of AI could add up to $20 billion per year to NZ’s GDP by 2040, ...

America used to be the source of more than two-thirds of the aid destined to improve the health of people in sub-Saharan Africa. The Trump administration has dismantled the United States Agency for ...

Whereas many parts of the world that once hosted humming factories gripe about deindustrialisation, New York faces a ...

Tariffs and uncertainty were already making the economy hard to read. The loss of government data during the shutdown has ...

President Donald Trump has received updated flu and COVID-19 booster shots in preparation for upcoming travel, the president’s physician announced Oct. 10. Sean P. Barbabella, a U.S. Navy captain, ...