The specter of inflation is large and the debate on the causes of inflation is raging in America. Although there are claims ...

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 ...

C ritics of China’s economy often complain that its investment is excessive and its official statistics flatter its performance. But recent monthly figures have flipped the script. Investment in ...

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

But the most telling results will come from gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, two states that voted ...

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.

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. ■ ...

While President Trump tours Asia, the government shut completes its fourth week. His approval rating remains low. See latest ...

Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist, has a worldview that contradicts that of The Economist. He’s a populist nationalist; this publication is classically liberal. But liberalism demands ...

Despite the president’s brag to the contrary, his overall favorability is down again in latest survey of public opinion about ...

President Donald Trump is abroad, but the government has been shut down for four weeks. His approval rating remains low and ...