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King Dollar, meet the Donald. After lording over most major currencies for the past three years, the greenback is likely to get another big boost from the protectionism and fiscal largesse of...

The world economy is defying the Cassandras. Despite widespread predictions of a slowdown, global GDP growth is accelerating. The United States is still the star performer but as it flags other...

Britain is in a deep investment hole. Public expenditure is due to fall regardless of who wins next month’s election, while business spending is also at a low ebb. To dig the country out of its...

LONDON: Something is amiss in American financial markets. U.S. stocks hit new highs last week, propelled in part by the belief the country will vanquish inflation and avoid a recession. At the same...

UK minister Grant Shapps on Sunday told Sky News: “Money is not infinite”. That’s classic British understatement. In fact, self-imposed public spending constraints leave the government with...

Europe might need a miracle to repeat the “immaculate disinflation” currently gracing the United States. Across the Atlantic, price pressures are receding without a recession or massive job...

Since May 24, thousands of British people have had their homeowning dreams dashed by a sudden spike in mortgage rates. The immediate culprit is higher-than-expected inflation in April, which spooked...

Since May 24, thousands of British people have had their homeowning dreams dashed by a sudden spike in mortgage rates. The immediate culprit is higher-than-expected inflation in April, which spooked...

Reports of the dollar’s demise are greatly exaggerated. An erosion in the greenback’s share of global foreign exchange reserves, combined with rising geopolitical tensions, have rekindled talk of...