Finance & economics
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?
Free exchange
Vast government debts are riskier than they appear
A provocative new paper gets central bankers talking at Jackson Hole
Down from the mountain
Jerome Powell (almost) declares victory over inflation
The Federal Reserve chairman strikes a notably doveish tone
Buttonwood
Investors should avoid a new generation of rip-off ETFs
Some proposals may even be a risk to financial stability
Going cheap
Why investors are not buying Europe’s revival
Even though the continent’s stocks are in a “sweet spot”
Danger signs
America’s recession signals are flashing red. Don’t believe them
We assess a range of measures
Reds under the bed
America’s anti-price-gouging laws are too minor to be communist
No matter what critics of Kamala Harris allege
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
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
Free exchange
Artificial intelligence is losing hype
For some, that is proof the tech will in time succeed. Are they right?
The danger list
Europe’s economic growth is extremely fragile
Risk is concentrated in one country: Germany
Don’t push it
How vulnerable is Israel to sanctions?
So far, measures have had little effect. That could change