Economics

The path to approval for the first bitcoin exchange-traded funds (etfs) was long and arduous. Applications appeared before regulators in

AMERICANS HAVE not been impressed by President Joe Biden’s handling of the economy. In fact, according to polling averages, nearly 60%

Joe Biden’s opponents focus on his age as something that makes him doddering, confused and ultimately unfit for office. So

“Enough is enough,” declared a Hong Kong judge on January 29th of Evergrande, a failing Chinese property behemoth, and its

Central bankers are entering the final stretch of their quest to defeat inflation. Rich-world prices are rising by 5.4% year

Each year the 193 member states of the United Nations General Assembly vote on dozens of resolutions, earnestly setting the

Sports are big business in America. The country’s four largest professional leagues generate about $45bn in revenues a year, more

When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the arrival of war in one of the world’s breadbaskets sent the price of

Little is more symbolic of globalisation than a McDonald’s hamburger. The American fast-food chain opened its first Chinese branch in

The interest-rate market has a dirty secret, which practitioners call “the hairy chart”. Its main body is the Federal Reserve’s