Global economy
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Opinion
The West is about to make a major error in its economic war against Putin
Lack of attention to the “Global South” has come back to haunt now that Western interests are threatened by an axis of Russian, Chinese and Iranian authoritarianism.
- by Jeremy Warner
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Analysis
Energy
Why Joe Biden’s real enemy is the price of oil
Joe Biden’s battle for re-election as president of the United States now faces a surprise new threat – the surging price of petrol.
- by Jonathan Leake
Opinion
IMF
US and China’s mounting debts could hurt us all
Rising government debt and deficits in the world’s two largest economies could have spillover effects on the rest of the global economy.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Inside China
China’s Xi Jinping might have to revise his five-year plan
China’s latest economic data highlights a glut of excess capacity and a flood of cheap exports, which is generating a growing backlash from a number of its trading partners.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Organised crime
How Sicily’s mafia is tightening its grip on the economy
Sicily’s tourist hot spots are living an economic boom thanks to shows like The White Lotus. But behind the beauty, its underbelly is spreading its wings.
- by Rachel Sanderson
Can Miranda Kerr and a chimp make economics more interesting? Turns out, yes
Andrew Leigh, a federal minister who is also a long-distance runner, races readers through the history of economics in his latest book.
- by Shane Wright
Opinion
Interest rates
The chief of America’s biggest bank is worried. That’s bad news for all of us
Jamie Dimon is one of the most powerful people in the world. His annual letter to shareholders contains an alarming scenario. Australia would not be immune.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Shipping
Stuck ships and supply chain inflation
Global supply chains don’t have as much slack as they did, say, last summer, after pandemic disruptions were mostly a thing of the past, because Baltimore isn’t the only problem.
- by Paul Krugman
Opinion
Opinion
How China got its claws into the West’s green transition
The price of copper has long been the barometer for how well the global economy is travelling. But this time it tells a different story.
- by Eir Nolsoe
Opinion
Inside China
China’s big gamble could blow up in its face
The implosion of its property sector has forced China into a major pivot to boost its economy. It needs help from the rest of the world for it to work.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Federal Reserve
Central banks face a horrible choice, warns the prophet of the Great Recession
Bernard Connolly is one of the very few prophets who foresaw both the Great Recession and the eurozone sovereign debt debacle. After a long silence, he is again issuing warnings.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard