Finance & economics
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Eastern promise
How Vladimir Putin hopes to transform Russian trade
He believes the country’s future lies with China and India. What could go wrong?
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Free exchange
Vast government debts are riskier than they appear
A provocative new paper gets central bankers talking at Jackson Hole
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Down from the mountain
Jerome Powell (almost) declares victory over inflation
The Federal Reserve chairman strikes a notably doveish tone
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Buttonwood
Investors should avoid a new generation of rip-off ETFs
Some proposals may even be a risk to financial stability
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Going cheap
Why investors are not buying Europe’s revival
Even though the continent’s stocks are in a “sweet spot”
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Danger signs
America’s recession signals are flashing red. Don’t believe them
We assess a range of measures
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Reds under the bed
America’s anti-price-gouging laws are too minor to be communist
No matter what critics of Kamala Harris allege
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The new gender gap
Why don’t women use artificial intelligence?
Even when in the same jobs, men are much more likely to turn to the tech
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Muddled and misguided
Kamala Harris’s cost-of-living plan will end in failure
She is the latest presidential candidate to embrace self-defeating economics
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Free exchange
Artificial intelligence is losing hype
For some, that is proof the tech will in time succeed. Are they right?
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The danger list
Europe’s economic growth is extremely fragile
Risk is concentrated in one country: Germany
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Don’t push it
How vulnerable is Israel to sanctions?
So far, measures have had little effect. That could change