“Get your $TRUMP now,” came the message from America’s president-elect three days before his inauguration. The commander-in-chief’s meme cryptocurrency, the aggregate value of which has so far peaked ...
President Donald Trump likes fast food almost as much as he loves tariffs. During a government shutdown in his first term, he laid on a banquet of burgers and “many, many French fries” for a visiting ...
Jan 30th 2025 | Washington, DC “ESPECIALLY INSANE.” “Drastic.” “Noisy and provocative.” These are just a few of the words used by tax experts—normally an even-keeled bunch—to describe Donald Trump’s t...
Even as economic growth was just taking off, some economists were already pessimistic. Coal, wrote William Stanley Jevons in 1865, is “the mainspring of modern material civilisation”. Yet it was finit...
There are various ways to look at the unexpected €13.3bn ($13.9bn) bid that Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) made for Mediobanca on January 24th. At first glance, it testifies to a remarkable recovery ...
Michel the German, a national personification such as America’s Uncle Sam or Britain’s John Bull, is a sleepy fellow with a nightcap. He is a bit conservative and not all that keen on disruption. Mich...
What is the best piece of investment advice you could fit into a single, short sentence? “Buy stocks” wins points for brevity and high returns. “Buy American stocks”, if given at almost any point over...
Interest rates will stay higher for longer as the Federal Reserve pauses further interest rate cuts to give inflation room to drop closer to its 2% target rate. The Federal Reserve held interest rate...
Mountain-naming turned out to be a curiously high priority for Donald Trump. Mere hours after his inauguration, the president signed an executive order to change the name of America’s highest peak fro...
Jan 20th 2025 | Washington, DC SO BEGINS Donald Trump’s tariff roller-coaster, sure to be a stomach-churning ride for the global economy. He started his first day in office with an unexpected show of ...
Jan 20th 2025 | Washington, DC Donald Trump started his new presidential term with an unexpected show of restraint. Just a couple of months ago, Mr Trump had warned that he would announce hefty new le...
