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        <![CDATA[How big are China’s emerging industries?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Probably not big enough to offset the drag from the old]]>
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        <![CDATA[Stears wants to be Africa’s Bloomberg terminal ]]>
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        <![CDATA[As the continent’s markets mature, high-quality financial analysis is more essential than ever]]>
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        <![CDATA[The world’s strategic oil reserves are running out fast]]>
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        <![CDATA[They cannot hold back the energy crunch for ever]]>
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        <![CDATA[How to share AI riches]]>
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        <![CDATA[From Donald Trump to Sam Altman, the idea of redistributing them is catching on. Does it make sense?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Wall Street’s undignified SpaceX mania]]>
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        <![CDATA[Is that a rocket in your lobby, or are you just happy to see me? ]]>
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        <![CDATA[China is innovative. Its economy is a mess. Which matters more?]]>
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        <![CDATA[A question that will define the 21st century]]>
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        <![CDATA[A bidding war erupts for the world’s oldest bank]]>
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        <![CDATA[Monte dei Paschi di Siena is suddenly all the rage]]>
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        <![CDATA[How hot is America’s labour market? ]]>
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        <![CDATA[At the moment, balmy. But it wouldn’t take a lot to require some Fed air-conditioning]]>
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        <![CDATA[Indians can now bet on the monsoon]]>
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        <![CDATA[Heatwaves may be more important]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[European electricity markets have too much power ]]>
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        <![CDATA[They must learn to deal with it]]>
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        <![CDATA[Some billionaires pay too little tax]]>
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        <![CDATA[But the case for levies on wealth is unconvincing]]>
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        <![CDATA[Gen-Z socialism, from Zohran to Zack and beyond]]>
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        <![CDATA[The world’s leftists are embracing a new set of economic ideas]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Want to know the future? Don’t trust the stockmarket]]>
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        <![CDATA[Share prices are buffeted by far more than just new information]]>
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        <![CDATA[Can the stockmarket swallow SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Watch out for indigestion]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Without fanfare, China is making rural migrants’ lives easier]]>
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        <![CDATA[The notorious hukou system is being relaxed. Marx would approve]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 09:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[How to tax businesses in orbit and beyond]]>
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        <![CDATA[As the space business grows, so will offplanet finance ]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 09:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Kevin Warsh’s troublesome inflation in-tray]]>
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        <![CDATA[The new Fed chair will struggle to appease his colleagues, the market and Donald Trump all at once]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 20:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are suffering industrial rot]]>
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        <![CDATA[Artificial intelligence is concealing a China shock]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 14:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Giga-IPOs are a symptom of public markets’ giga-problem]]>
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        <![CDATA[The incredible shrinking stockmarket]]>
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        <![CDATA[Crackdowns on financial secrecy aren’t hurting offshore finance]]>
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        <![CDATA[There is a lot more to havens than crystal-clear waters and a promise of opacity]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 15:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[How should economists treat morality?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Sometimes it is more than merely an exogenous constraint]]>
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        <![CDATA[The other China shock]]>
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        <![CDATA[Does the country’s manufacturing success leave space for anyone else?]]>
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        <![CDATA[The insurers on the hook for war in Iran]]>
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        <![CDATA[Some have been hammered; even those who haven’t might be soon]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 09:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Economics lessons from Home Depot]]>
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        <![CDATA[What the world’s biggest DIY store says about American housing]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 18:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Investors fear another surge in inflation]]>
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        <![CDATA[So why aren’t more buying inflation-protected bonds?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Where expat escapees from Dubai end up]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[Will they ever return?]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 20:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[How much is Donald Trump costing America’s economy? ]]>
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        <![CDATA[We calculate the drag on growth from fitful presidential policymaking]]>
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        <![CDATA[How to share the AI windfall]]>
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        <![CDATA[Are taxes enough?]]>
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        <![CDATA[The jobs apocalypse: a (very) short history]]>
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        <![CDATA[Mass unemployment induced by AI would be unprecedented]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/05/14/the-jobs-apocalypse-a-very-short-history</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 08:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Is AI putting graduates out of work already?]]>
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        <![CDATA[If you are studying coding, we might have some bad news]]>
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        <![CDATA[How the world has avoided an oil catastrophe so far]]>
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        <![CDATA[The great commodity-market mystery is deepening]]>
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        <![CDATA[Index rebalancing is now the biggest event in markets]]>
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        <![CDATA[But profiting from it is another matter]]>
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        <![CDATA[China wants more robots but not fewer workers]]>
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        <![CDATA[A human-first approach to automation]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 17:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[America is experiencing a productivity miracle]]>
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        <![CDATA[AI hasn’t—yet—got much to do with it]]>
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        <![CDATA[The myth of the petrodollar ]]>
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        <![CDATA[America’s currency supremacy runs deeper than oil]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 10:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[DeepSeek and Alibaba rescue China’s office landlords]]>
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        <![CDATA[Technology firms are reviving (a few) Chinese commercial-property markets]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 10:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[UniCredit’s lowball bid for Commerzbank causes consternation]]>
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        <![CDATA[A bad-tempered battle for a big German bank]]>
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        <![CDATA[Donald Trump’s foreign policy gets a muscular finance arm]]>
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        <![CDATA[The Development Finance Corporation’s loan book may soon rival the World Bank’s]]>
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        <![CDATA[Can Bill Ackman save the closed-end fund?]]>
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        <![CDATA[An outspoken financier wants to build a modern-day Berkshire Hathaway]]>
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        <![CDATA[The EU wants to unshackle its economy. For real this time]]>
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        <![CDATA[Eurocrats are belatedly developing a healthy distaste for red tape]]>
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        <![CDATA[Bad government statistics can cost the economy billions]]>
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        <![CDATA[A new study tries to put a number on the value of reliable numbers]]>
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        <![CDATA[Can countries grow richer by exporting people, not goods?]]>
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        <![CDATA[That depends where those people end up]]>
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        <![CDATA[India’s weak currency reflects deeper problems than the Iran war]]>
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        <![CDATA[It highlights a persistent inability to draw in foreign investors]]>
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        <![CDATA[How Kalshi can help the Federal Reserve]]>
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        <![CDATA[Prediction markets may be a win for central banking]]>
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        <![CDATA[A global fight over banking rules is just getting started]]>
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        <![CDATA[Co-operation on the financial system will be the casualty]]>
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        <![CDATA[San Francisco, AI capital of the world, is an economic laggard]]>
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        <![CDATA[Artificial intelligence is booming. Its heartland is not]]>
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        <![CDATA[Will Kevin Warsh Trumpify the Federal Reserve?]]>
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        <![CDATA[The incoming Fed chair says he wants regime change. But a revolution is unlikely]]>
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        <![CDATA[Wanted: a new finance writer]]>
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        <![CDATA[An opportunity to join the staff of The Economist]]>
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        <![CDATA[Has the World Bank performed a U-turn on industrial policy?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Interventionists who think so should read its new report more closely]]>
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        <![CDATA[Renewables are shining. The Iran war amplifies their appeal]]>
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        <![CDATA[Two new reports are a must-read of energy-starved governments]]>
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        <![CDATA[Xi Jinping wants a powerful currency. America’s war has helped]]>
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        <![CDATA[More countries are starting to use China’s payment infrastructure]]>
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        <![CDATA[Chinamaxxing is starting to catch on, in China]]>
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        <![CDATA[It’s a boon for the tourist trade]]>
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        <![CDATA[Global energy markets are on the verge of a disaster]]>
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        <![CDATA[Scenarios now range from bad to awful]]>
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        <![CDATA[The stablecoin market has got too stable]]>
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        <![CDATA[Rapid growth in dollar-backed crypto has stalled]]>
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        <![CDATA[American corporate profits keep shrugging off global tumult]]>
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        <![CDATA[Earnings expectations are through the roof]]>
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        <![CDATA[Hormuz is (apparently) unblocked. Energy markets remain a mess]]>
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        <![CDATA[Mines, mistrust and missing ships will keep markets tight for months]]>
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        <![CDATA[Global imbalances are back. Who’s to blame?]]>
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        <![CDATA[The suspects look familiar]]>
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        <![CDATA[Pakistan’s deft diplomacy is an economic blessing. And a curse]]>
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        <![CDATA[It allows the country’s rulers to put off necessary reforms]]>
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        <![CDATA[War will drain the Gulf’s $6trn treasure chest]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[The conflict complicates life for the custodians of Middle Eastern oil fortunes]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/04/15/war-will-drain-the-gulfs-6trn-treasure-chest</link>
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        <![CDATA[How to build a portfolio when bonds fail to buffer stocks]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[The classic hedge has fallen apart, but don’t dump it just yet]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/04/14/how-to-build-a-portfolio-when-bonds-fail-to-buffer-stocks</link>
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        <![CDATA[The tech jobs bust is real. Don’t blame AI (yet)]]>
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        <![CDATA[Why technology firms are shedding workers]]>
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        <![CDATA[America’s next Fed chair is caught in a vice]]>
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        <![CDATA[Inflation was heating up even before the war in Iran]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/04/12/americas-next-fed-chair-is-caught-in-a-vice</link>
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        <![CDATA[One neat trick to end extreme poverty]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[An age-old problem might have a surprisingly simple solution]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/04/09/one-neat-trick-to-end-extreme-poverty</link>
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        <![CDATA[Can the secondary market allay private-credit fears?]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[In the short run, a bit. In the long run, a lot more]]>
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        <![CDATA[The latest Italian banking whodunnit has it all]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[A a coup, a conspiracy and even a (possibly unrelated) corpse]]>
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        <![CDATA[South Korea’s AI industrial policy meets the energy shock]]>
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        <![CDATA[The collision will not be pretty]]>
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        <![CDATA[The third Gulf war will scar energy markets for a long time yet]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[Residual risks and ruined infrastructure will keep prices high]]>
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        <![CDATA[Bye, bye to the Trump trades]]>
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        <![CDATA[Markets are calling time on many Donald-adjacent bets]]>
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        <![CDATA[How the Iran war has sowed panic among farmers]]>
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        <![CDATA[Soaring prices for fertiliser and fuel could cause a global food shock]]>
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        <![CDATA[As Iran’s civilian economy crumbles, its military economy grows stronger]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[War has split the country in two ]]>
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        <![CDATA[Inflation or recession? The tug of war in bond markets ]]>
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        <![CDATA[Governments’ borrowing costs are being pulled in opposite directions]]>
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        <![CDATA[“Liberation Day” has reshaped trade—but not as Donald Trump hoped ]]>
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        <![CDATA[In many ways, global commerce has strengthened ]]>
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        <![CDATA[Can a country get too rich?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Norway shows the potential pitfalls of uncommon prosperity]]>
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        <![CDATA[Coal is back in fashion]]>
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        <![CDATA[An LNG crunch is good news for the world’s dirtiest fuel]]>
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        <![CDATA[After Iran, gold is looking less glittery ]]>
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        <![CDATA[Is the yellow metal the new crypto? ]]>
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        <![CDATA[How Iran is making a mint from Donald Trump’s war]]>
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        <![CDATA[China is helping the Revolutionary Guards profit from Iranian crude]]>
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        <![CDATA[The decline and fall of the Roman currency empire]]>
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        <![CDATA[The fate of ancient coins offers uncomfortable lessons about dollar dominance]]>
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        <![CDATA[Christine Lagarde’s sober tone on the Gulf war energy shock]]>
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        <![CDATA[Our interview with the ECB’s president]]>
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        <![CDATA[Markets are gripped by an alarming cognitive dissonance]]>
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        <![CDATA[Investors all seem to think everyone else is wrong]]>
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        <![CDATA[China’s new masterplan for its tech economy in 2030 and beyond]]>
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        <![CDATA[The Communist Party’s technological ambition is breathtaking]]>
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        <![CDATA[How high could global inflation go?]]>
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        <![CDATA[With luck, the Iran war won’t cause a recession. But the surge in energy prices will push up the cost of living]]>
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        <![CDATA[Westerners are fleeing their countries in record numbers]]>
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        <![CDATA[This will have economic consequences for the places they flee and their destinations]]>
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        <![CDATA[Even the best-case scenario for energy markets is disastrous]]>
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        <![CDATA[Whatever happens, high prices will outlive the Iran war]]>
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        <![CDATA[America may be a petrostate. But the energy shock still hurts]]>
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        <![CDATA[And further angers economically frustrated citizens  ]]>
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        <![CDATA[Which country is the biggest loser from the energy shock?]]>
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        <![CDATA[We rank the poor world’s exposure and buffers]]>
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      <title>
        <![CDATA[The new economics of sex work]]>
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        <![CDATA[As the sex economy grows, it deserves serious analysis]]>
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        <![CDATA[What if Donald Trump decided to ban oil exports?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Trying to keep prices low that way could backfire spectacularly]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/03/18/what-if-donald-trump-decided-to-ban-oil-exports</link>
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        <![CDATA[Will South Korea’s epic bull market survive the energy shock?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Probably, but investors should brace for more volatility]]>
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        <![CDATA[China cannot escape the energy shock]]>
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        <![CDATA[Despite renewables and reserves, it will suffer]]>
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        <![CDATA[The Iran war is roiling commodities far beyond oil]]>
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        <![CDATA[Shortages of fuels and chemicals threaten industries from farming to pharmaceuticals]]>
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        <![CDATA[Why investors won’t know what to make of AI for a while]]>
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        <![CDATA[Markets always struggle to price technological revolutions]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/03/12/why-investors-wont-know-what-to-make-of-ai-for-a-while</link>
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        <![CDATA[Liquefied natural gas: the overlooked economic chokepoint ]]>
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        <![CDATA[Alternatives to Gulf supplies are scarce]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/03/11/liquefied-natural-gas-the-overlooked-economic-chokepoint</link>
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        <![CDATA[Donald Trump’s options to cool oil prices are sorely limited]]>
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        <![CDATA[He says he has a plan. It would need to be very cunning]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/03/10/donald-trumps-options-to-cool-oil-prices-are-sorely-limited</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 21:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Time to buy the most rubbish stocks you can find]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[The dash for trash]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/03/10/time-to-buy-the-most-rubbish-stocks-you-can-find</link>
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        <![CDATA[The Iran energy shock reverberates across financial markets]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[For investors, the war is like the invasion of Ukraine all over again]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[The Iran war puts Asia in an energy panic]]>
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        <![CDATA[Stranded Gulf supplies are choking off the region’s economies]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/03/08/the-iran-war-puts-asia-in-an-energy-panic</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 17:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Would America be in recession without the super-rich?]]>
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        <![CDATA[American anxieties are K-shaped. The economy is more like a slash-mark]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/03/08/would-america-be-in-recession-without-the-super-rich</link>
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        <![CDATA[To understand why countries grow, look at their firms]]>
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        <![CDATA[The third way in development economics]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/03/05/to-understand-why-countries-grow-look-at-their-firms</link>
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        <![CDATA[India’s economy is not as big as economists thought]]>
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        <![CDATA[But it is growing faster]]>
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        <![CDATA[Americans’ electricity bills are up. Don’t blame AI]]>
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        <![CDATA[Were it not for data centres, prices might be even higher]]>
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        <![CDATA[European pensions are a $30trn missed opportunity]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[If only more countries went Dutch]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/03/04/european-pensions-are-a-30trn-missed-opportunity</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Why war isn’t always good for defence stocks ]]>
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        <![CDATA[They win only if governments want just enough weapons—but not too many]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/03/03/why-war-isnt-always-good-for-defence-stocks</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 20:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[The nightmare war scenario is becoming reality in energy markets]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[The longer the war in the Gulf, the harsher the global economic fallout]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/03/03/the-nightmare-war-scenario-is-becoming-reality-in-energy-markets</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 20:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[War in Iran could cause the biggest oil shock in years]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[Prices have surged—and may stay high for a while]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/03/01/war-in-iran-could-cause-the-biggest-oil-shock-in-years</link>
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        <![CDATA[America’s trade chaos is just beginning]]>
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        <![CDATA[Tariff wrangling will stretch through the rest of Donald Trump’s term, and beyond]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/26/americas-trade-chaos-is-just-beginning</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Protectionists dislike trade and migration. And capital flows?]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[The amount of money crossing borders has flattened off—but not because of capital controls]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/26/protectionists-dislike-trade-and-migration-and-capital-flows</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Why Chinese people spend so much on food ]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[A 21st-century test of a 19th-century observation]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/26/why-chinese-people-spend-so-much-on-food</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[America’s welfare state is more European than you think ]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[State-level policies are making up for stingy federal provision]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/25/americas-welfare-state-is-more-european-than-you-think</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 22:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>
        <![CDATA[A viral research note on AI gets its economics wrong]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Too much of a good thing]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/25/a-viral-research-note-on-ai-gets-its-economics-wrong</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 22:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>
        <![CDATA[The AI productivity boom is not here (yet)]]>
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        <![CDATA[Artificial intelligence is improving fast. Its effect on output, not so much]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/22/the-ai-productivity-boom-is-not-here-yet</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Markets are churning furiously beneath the surface]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[AI is prompting investors to reassess every business model under the sun]]>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Donald Trump answers a Supreme Court rebuke with new tariff threats]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[The immediate economic impact will be more uncertainty]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/20/donald-trump-answers-a-supreme-court-rebuke-with-new-tariff-threats</link>
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        <![CDATA[The EU is thrashing out a more muscular set of economic policies ]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[The bloc is done playing nicely]]>
      </description>
      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/19/the-eu-is-thrashing-out-a-more-muscular-set-of-economic-policies</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Did America’s war on poverty fail?]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Deprivation has fallen dramatically—but not necessarily because of the welfare state]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/19/did-americas-war-on-poverty-fail</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Prediction markets are rife with insider betting]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[That does not mean regulators should stamp it out]]>
      </description>
      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/19/prediction-markets-are-rife-with-insider-betting</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[How big is the prize of reopening Russia?]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[The Kremlin is promising $12trn-worth of deals to Donald Trump’s administration]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/17/how-big-is-the-prize-of-reopening-russia</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 20:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>
        <![CDATA[The financialisation of AI is just beginning]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Get ready for a new wave of securities, hedges and collateral]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/17/the-financialisation-of-ai-is-just-beginning</link>
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        <![CDATA[Donald Trump’s schemes to juice the economy]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Watch out for sneaky stimulus]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/15/donald-trumps-schemes-to-juice-the-economy</link>
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        <![CDATA[Ethnic minorities are driving America’s startup boom]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[The covid-19 pandemic set entrepreneurial spirits surging—for some]]>
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        <![CDATA[Why China’s central bank won’t save the country from deflation]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[It’s not about the exchange rate any more]]>
      </description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Chinese homebuyers are enraged by shoddy building standards]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Crooked walls and broken promises are harming China’s property market]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/12/chinese-homebuyers-are-enraged-by-shoddy-building-standards</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>
        <![CDATA[How to put a price on a human life]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[As ghoulish as it sounds, it is far better than the alternative]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/12/how-to-put-a-price-on-a-human-life</link>
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        <![CDATA[What drives the wage gap between men and women?]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Surprise: it’s still motherhood]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/11/what-drives-the-wage-gap-between-men-and-women</link>
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        <![CDATA[Who wrangled the best trade deal from Donald Trump?]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[The agreements look one-sided. Their consequences may not be]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/10/who-wrangled-the-best-trade-deal-from-donald-trump</link>
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        <![CDATA[The coldest crypto winter yet]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[An asset class that is all about vibes suddenly has awful vibes]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>
        <![CDATA[How to hedge a bubble, AI edition]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[Protecting your portfolio from a crash looks harder than ever]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/08/how-to-hedge-a-bubble-ai-edition</link>
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        <![CDATA[Hong Kong is getting its financial mojo back]]>
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        <![CDATA[The hub is attracting more deals. And more Beijing-style politics]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>
        <![CDATA[Untangling the ideas of Donald Trump’s Fed nominee]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[What is Warshonomics?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Why the dollar may have much further to fall]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[It is hard to be a safe haven when trouble starts at home]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/05/why-the-dollar-may-have-much-further-to-fall</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Can emerging markets’ stellar run continue?]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[There is a lot more going for them than “sell America” ]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/04/can-emerging-markets-stellar-run-continue</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[America and India strike a long-awaited trade truce]]>
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        <![CDATA[Will it last?]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/02/america-and-india-strike-a-long-awaited-trade-truce</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 23:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[AI is not the only threat menacing big tech]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[Are Meta and Google ads really recession-proof?]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/02/ai-is-not-the-only-threat-menacing-big-tech</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 19:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Has America hit “peak tariff”? ]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[Uncle Sam’s take may go downhill from here]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/02/01/has-america-hit-peak-tariff</link>
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        <![CDATA[What will Kevin Warsh’s Federal Reserve look like?]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[Donald Trump’s nominee was an inflation hawk—until he wasn’t]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/30/what-will-kevin-warshs-federal-reserve-look-like</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[The fate of Japan’s $6trn foreign portfolio rattles global markets]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[The knock-on effects of a sell-off in Japanese-held foreign investments would be far-reaching]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/29/the-fate-of-japans-6trn-foreign-portfolio-rattles-global-markets</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Why is the yen still so weak?]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[Newly alluring yields on Japanese bonds have not propped up the currency]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/29/why-is-the-yen-still-so-weak</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Our Big Mac index carries an Asian warning]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[It isn’t just Japan: other currencies also look cheap]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/29/our-big-mac-index-carries-an-asian-warning</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Just how debased is the dollar?]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[Not nearly as much as it could be]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/28/just-how-debased-is-the-dollar</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 23:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[The West and Ukraine are capsizing Russia’s shadow fleet]]>
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        <![CDATA[And sinking its oil revenues in the process]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/27/the-west-and-ukraine-are-capsizing-russias-shadow-fleet</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 20:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[What is driving gold’s relentless rally? ]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[The ancient asset is attracting new investors]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/27/what-is-driving-golds-relentless-rally</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>
        <![CDATA[Why AI won’t wipe out white-collar jobs ]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[The technology will expand their scope and raise their value]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/26/why-ai-wont-wipe-out-white-collar-jobs</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 20:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Can America’s bond market keep defying the vigilantes?]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Donald Trump’s threats over Greenland are the latest test]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/22/can-americas-bond-market-keep-defying-the-vigilantes</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>
        <![CDATA[An audacious new book about a “precocious” country]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[There is no such thing as “the” Indian growth model]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/22/an-audacious-new-book-about-a-precocious-country</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>
        <![CDATA[National job stereotypes need updating]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Unemployment rates in rich countries are becoming topsy-turvy]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/22/national-job-stereotypes-need-updating</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[The ascent of India’s economy]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[It has benefited from a slice of luck, a commitment to economic reform and a shove from Donald Trump]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/22/the-ascent-of-indias-economy</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[American decay versus American dynamism]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[Only a decline in corporate America’s vigour will dent the country’s dominance of financial markets]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/21/american-decay-versus-american-dynamism</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Japan’s bond-market tremble reflects a fiscal-monetary clash]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[As investors worry about budgetary laxity, the central bank prepares for more rate hikes]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/21/japans-bond-market-tremble-reflects-a-fiscal-monetary-clash</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Denmark braces for Donald Trump’s Greenland tariffs]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[The economy is well prepared, but more exposed than it used to be]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/20/denmark-braces-for-donald-trumps-greenland-tariffs</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Donald Trump’s Greenland tariffs are no great blow to Europe]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[An escalating trade war would be another matter, however]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/19/donald-trumps-greenland-tariffs-are-no-great-blow-to-europe</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 21:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[China hits its GDP target—in a weird way]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Strong exports make up for weak investment]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/19/china-hits-its-gdp-target-in-a-weird-way</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Why America’s bond market just keeps winning ]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Vigilantes have shrugged off ballooning debt and attacks on the Fed ]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/18/why-americas-bond-market-just-keeps-winning</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 11:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>
        <![CDATA[The economics of regime change]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Lessons from history for Venezuela and Iran]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/15/the-economics-of-regime-change</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>
        <![CDATA[Jerome Powell punches back]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[The administration’s latest attack on America’s central bank has not gone well]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/14/jerome-powell-punches-back</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>
        <![CDATA[Donald Trump’s crusade against usury reaches Wall Street ]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[His fight against high interest rates could get messy ]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/14/donald-trumps-crusade-against-usury-reaches-wall-street</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Is passive investment inflating a stockmarket bubble?]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[A widely circulated working paper suggests so]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/14/is-passive-investment-inflating-a-stockmarket-bubble</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[It’s not just the Fed. Politics looms over central banks everywhere]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[But can the public stomach higher inflation?]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/14/its-not-just-the-fed-politics-looms-over-central-banks-everywhere</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[The Trump administration threatens the Fed with a criminal cudgel]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[The president denies all knowledge. A bizarre fight could get nasty]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/12/jerome-powell-says-donald-trump-has-launched-a-criminal-investigation-against-the-fed</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 04:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Pessimism is the world’s main economic problem]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[Gloomy expectations are starting to matter more than the data]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/11/pessimism-is-the-worlds-main-economic-problem</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>
        <![CDATA[What “Pluribus” reveals about economics]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[A hit Apple TV show offers useful lessons]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/08/what-pluribus-reveals-about-economics</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Vietnam’s growth is fast—but fragile]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[The economy is unduly reliant on a handful of conglomerates]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/08/vietnams-growth-is-fast-but-fragile</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 10:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Why Europe’s biggest pension funds are dumping government bonds]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[Dutch reforms will push up borrowing costs across the continent]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/08/why-europes-biggest-pension-funds-are-dumping-government-bonds</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 10:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Venezuela’s astoundingly messy debts are about to get messier]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Oil majors, hedge funds, Chinese lenders—all have a stake]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/07/venezuelas-astoundingly-messy-debts-are-about-to-get-messier</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 19:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>
        <![CDATA[Is it better to rent or buy?]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Much depends on long-term interest rates]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/07/is-it-better-to-rent-or-buy</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 12:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[America’s missing manufacturing renaissance ]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[Donald Trump’s tariffs have hurt the factories they were meant to protect]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/06/americas-missing-manufacturing-renaissance</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[An American oil empire is a deeply flawed idea]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[Donald Trump’s ambitions are expansive. His plans are limited]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/04/an-american-oil-empire-is-a-deeply-flawed-idea</link>
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        <![CDATA[Investors head into 2026 remarkably optimistic]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[Few expect a crash in the year to come]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/12/30/investors-head-into-2026-remarkably-optimistic</link>
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        <![CDATA[China’s property woes could last until 2030]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Despite the best efforts of its social-media censors]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/12/30/chinas-property-woes-could-last-until-2030</link>
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        <![CDATA[RedBird, a small firm doing big media deals  ]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Its wingspan stretches from Hollywood to AC Milan ]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/12/30/redbird-a-small-firm-doing-big-media-deals</link>
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        <![CDATA[America’s economy looks set to accelerate]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[A monetary-fiscal loosening is coming ]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/12/30/americas-economy-looks-set-to-accelerate</link>
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        <![CDATA[Forget affordability. Europe has an availability crisis]]>
      </title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Tight regulation is largely to blame]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/12/30/forget-affordability-europe-has-an-availability-crisis</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Why fewer Americans are giving than before]]>
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      <description>
        <![CDATA[The decline of philanthropy is not just about Donald Trump ]]>
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      <link>https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/12/23/why-fewer-americans-are-giving-than-before</link>
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        <![CDATA[The five biggest market developments of 2025]]>
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        <![CDATA[Looking back on a rollercoaster year for investors]]>
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        <![CDATA[How to interpret the pain at the edge of America’s labour market]]>
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        <![CDATA[In the past it has foretold wider weakness. This time may be different]]>
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        <![CDATA[Watch who you’re calling childless]]>
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        <![CDATA[Women in America are having as many babies over their lifetimes as they did two decades ago]]>
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        <![CDATA[Meet the American investors rushing into Congo]]>
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        <![CDATA[They are taking on war, corruption and China]]>
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        <![CDATA[This Christmas, raise a glass to concentrated market returns ]]>
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        <![CDATA[A surprisingly large share of companies lag far behind their former greatness]]>
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        <![CDATA[Where America’s most prominent short-sellers are placing their bets]]>
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        <![CDATA[We interview three financial sleuths]]>
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        <![CDATA[Crypto’s real threat to banks ]]>
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        <![CDATA[The industry is supplanting Wall Street’s privileged position on the American right]]>
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        <![CDATA[Germany has a lawyer problem]]>
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        <![CDATA[Its endless bureaucratic rules trap would-be reformers]]>
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        <![CDATA[What a stiff drink says about China’s economy]]>
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        <![CDATA[The baijiu business is the latest to be struck by “involution”]]>
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        <![CDATA[America’s bond market is quiet—almost too quiet]]>
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        <![CDATA[Scott Bessent has a cunning plan]]>
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        <![CDATA[Wall Street is drooling over bank mergers]]>
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        <![CDATA[The world’s most fragmented financial industry faces dramatic change]]>
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        <![CDATA[Asia’s inexpensive AI stocks should worry American investors]]>
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        <![CDATA[Tech mania looks very different in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan]]>
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        <![CDATA[Which economy did best in 2025?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Our annual ranking returns]]>
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        <![CDATA[AI misinformation may have paradoxical consequences]]>
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        <![CDATA[To understand why, consider the side-blotched lizard]]>
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        <![CDATA[Can golden toilets fix China’s economy?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Communist Party officials think so]]>
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        <![CDATA[Bitcoin has plunged. Strategy Inc is an early victim]]>
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        <![CDATA[It holds 3% of the world’s total supply]]>
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        <![CDATA[American sanctions are putting Russia under pressure]]>
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        <![CDATA[In time, though, its tankers will find new routes]]>
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        <![CDATA[Stockholm is Europe’s new capital of capital]]>
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        <![CDATA[And with Sweden embarking on a borrowing spree, it is a bond trader’s paradise]]>
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        <![CDATA[Which Kevin Hassett would lead the Federal Reserve?]]>
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        <![CDATA[He was once a right-of-centre tax expert. He has become a partisan hack]]>
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        <![CDATA[How to spot a bubble bursting]]>
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        <![CDATA[Forget valuations. Look out for search-engine hits and fund managers getting fired]]>
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        <![CDATA[Why worries about American job losses are overstated]]>
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        <![CDATA[Bosses, investors, policymakers—all are fearful of a jobs-pocalypse]]>
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        <![CDATA[Self-driving cars will transform urban economies]]>
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        <![CDATA[A robotaxi boom is coming. The impacts might be broader than you expect]]>
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        <![CDATA[China’s property market is (somehow) worsening]]>
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        <![CDATA[Government remedies are not up to the job]]>
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        <![CDATA[Narendra Modi plans to free up India’s giant labour force]]>
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        <![CDATA[Socialist employment restrictions will be swept away]]>
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        <![CDATA[One weird trick to solve the affordability crisis]]>
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        <![CDATA[If voters dislike big numbers, there is a purely nominal fix]]>
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        <![CDATA[How to short the bubbliest firms]]>
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        <![CDATA[Private markets present fearsome challenges]]>
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        <![CDATA[Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening]]>
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        <![CDATA[Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption]]>
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        <![CDATA[Why investors are increasingly fatalistic]]>
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        <![CDATA[Everyone knows share prices have a long way to fall. Even so, getting out now might be a mistake]]>
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        <![CDATA[Visa restrictions are bad for Indians—but maybe not for India]]>
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        <![CDATA[Remittances may fall, but opportunities are opening up]]>
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        <![CDATA[Economists get cold feet about high minimum wages]]>
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        <![CDATA[Governments are pushing the policy to its limits]]>
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        <![CDATA[Can the Chinese economy match Aruba’s?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Xi Jinping has lofty goals for 2035. But China faces a real problem]]>
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        <![CDATA[America’s huge mortgage market is slowly dying]]>
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        <![CDATA[Donald Trump’s remedies threaten to inflame a housing crisis ]]>
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        <![CDATA[Crypto got everything it wanted. Now it’s sinking]]>
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        <![CDATA[The slump could spread across financial markets]]>
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        <![CDATA[Is this the end of the scorching gold rally?]]>
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        <![CDATA[As bullish stories get tested, investors should worry ]]>
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        <![CDATA[Tree murders and the economics of crime]]>
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        <![CDATA[Rich people can’t stop cutting down each other’s woodland]]>
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        <![CDATA[How AI is breaking cover letters]]>
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        <![CDATA[And leading to lower pay]]>
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        <![CDATA[In defence of personal finance]]>
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        <![CDATA[It may widen inequality. But it has many advantages]]>
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        <![CDATA[Old folk are seized by stockmarket mania]]>
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        <![CDATA[Investing in equities may make sense for individuals—but it could also exacerbate a crash]]>
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        <![CDATA[Recessions have become ultra-rare. That is storing up trouble]]>
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        <![CDATA[Continuous growth can make economies fat and slow]]>
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        <![CDATA[The problem with America’s shutdown economy]]>
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        <![CDATA[Gridlock in Washington has prevented official data releases. And unofficial ones disagree]]>
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        <![CDATA[What explains India’s peculiar stability?]]>
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        <![CDATA[In a tricky neighbourhood the country remains calm]]>
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        <![CDATA[Don’t blame AI for your job woes]]>
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        <![CDATA[The white-collar chill has more to do with the economy than with tech]]>
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        <![CDATA[Universal child care can harm children]]>
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        <![CDATA[Its growing popularity in America is a concern]]>
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        <![CDATA[Investors are telling Britain to cheer up a bit]]>
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        <![CDATA[The country’s economic problems are real, but its assets are doing surprisingly well]]>
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        <![CDATA[How Donald Trump can dodge a Supreme Court tariff block]]>
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        <![CDATA[No matter its ruling, the president has back-up powers]]>
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        <![CDATA[The mystery of China’s slumping investment]]>
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        <![CDATA[Its leaders don’t seem concerned. Should they be?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Why Wall Street won’t see the next crash coming]]>
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        <![CDATA[Even the best traders struggle to predict sudden jumps in volatility]]>
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        <![CDATA[Investors will help Jamaica recover from Hurricane Melissa]]>
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        <![CDATA[The country is in line for a pay-out from catastrophe bonds]]>
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        <![CDATA[The new globalisation paradox]]>
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        <![CDATA[In the age of Donald Trump, national autonomy requires deeper integration. Brazil shows why]]>
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        <![CDATA[India’s IPO boom is good news for its economy]]>
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        <![CDATA[Stockmarkets appear to be fuelling investment]]>
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        <![CDATA[A letter to investors from the White House Opportunities Fund ]]>
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        <![CDATA[How the shift to state capitalism is panning out for America LLC ]]>
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        <![CDATA[The end of the rip-off economy]]>
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        <![CDATA[From finance and medicine to used cars, artificial intelligence is radically improving market efficiency]]>
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        <![CDATA[China’s secret stockpiles have been a great success—so far]]>
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        <![CDATA[Xi Jinping is desperate for Trump-proof access to food, fuels and metals]]>
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        <![CDATA[The counterintuitive economics of smoking]]>
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        <![CDATA[How cigarette manufacturers profit from quitters]]>
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        <![CDATA[Will America’s new sanctions on Russian oil force a peace deal?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Donald Trump raises the pressure—but he may have to go further]]>
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        <![CDATA[China is being fuelled by inspiration, not perspiration ]]>
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        <![CDATA[So long as its leaders are not lying]]>
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        <![CDATA[Can AI make the poor world richer?]]>
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        <![CDATA[It promises a level playing field. So have past technologies]]>
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        <![CDATA[Trumponomics is warping the world’s copper markets]]>
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        <![CDATA[It may not end well]]>
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        <![CDATA[Why investors still don’t believe in Argentina]]>
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        <![CDATA[Despite the best efforts of Donald Trump and Scott Bessent]]>
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        <![CDATA[How to make immigration palatable in a populist age]]>
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        <![CDATA[Guest-worker schemes are booming. They offer vast benefits to both host countries and the workers themselves]]>
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        <![CDATA[Wanted: a new finance writer]]>
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        <![CDATA[An opportunity to join the staff of The Economist]]>
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        <![CDATA[Why are American women leaving the labour force?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Maybe they are becoming tradwives. Or maybe there is a more straightforward explanation]]>
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        <![CDATA[The world economy shrugs off both the trade war and AI fears]]>
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        <![CDATA[Can anything bring it down?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Why Wall Street is fearful of more lending blow-ups]]>
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        <![CDATA[Both banks and private-markets giants are on cockroach-watch]]>
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        <![CDATA[Indian microfinance is in trouble]]>
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        <![CDATA[A model that has lifted millions out of poverty is threatened by rising defaults]]>
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        <![CDATA[The new economics of babymaking]]>
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        <![CDATA[A postcard from one of America’s youngest towns]]>
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        <![CDATA[America’s bankers are riding high. Why are they so worried?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Their latest earnings do not represent unalloyed good news]]>
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        <![CDATA[Donald Trump and Xi Jinping: both weaker than they think]]>
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        <![CDATA[As America and China clash over trade, cracks emerge in each side’s position]]>
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        <![CDATA[Would inflation-linked bonds survive an inflationary default?]]>
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        <![CDATA[A thought experiment on the nearest thing to a safe asset]]>
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        <![CDATA[The Economist is hiring a Senior Producer]]>
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        <![CDATA[Our Money Talks podcast team is recruiting an experienced producer to help launch a video spin-off]]>
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        <![CDATA[Joel Mokyr deserves his Nobel prize]]>
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        <![CDATA[The Nobel committee is belatedly recognising economic history]]>
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        <![CDATA[Why the ultra-rich are giving up on luxury assets]]>
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        <![CDATA[Forget fine wine, great art and glitzy mansions. There are finer things in life]]>
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        <![CDATA[America and China return to fierce trade conflict]]>
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        <![CDATA[Donald Trump threatens an extra 100% levy as rare-earth minerals prompt a fresh spat]]>
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        <![CDATA[The stockmarket is fuelling America’s economy]]>
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        <![CDATA[What happens in the event of a slump?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Front-line economics: lessons from Russia’s neighbours]]>
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        <![CDATA[How to survive on the border of war]]>
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        <![CDATA[Narendra Modi’s paltry target for India’s growth]]>
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        <![CDATA[The prime minister wants a $10trn economy by 2047. He should be bolder]]>
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        <![CDATA[The most dangerous corner of a balance-sheet]]>
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        <![CDATA[Forget debt. Here is something to villainise]]>
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        <![CDATA[Why Donald Trump’s tariffs are failing to break global trade]]>
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        <![CDATA[Six months on from “Liberation Day”, things look surprisingly rosy]]>
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        <![CDATA[Welcome to Zero Migration America]]>
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        <![CDATA[Closed borders will make the country smaller, poorer and less innovative]]>
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        <![CDATA[Don’t tax wealth]]>
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        <![CDATA[Even the most sophisticated arguments in favour of doing so make no sense]]>
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        <![CDATA[Credit markets look increasingly dangerous]]>
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        <![CDATA[A pair of bankruptcies highlight the risks]]>
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        <![CDATA[How the Trump administration learned to love foreign aid]]>
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        <![CDATA[America’s international assistance has not been destroyed—it has been transformed]]>
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        <![CDATA[The eccentric investment strategy that beats the rest]]>
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        <![CDATA[Introducing the 25/25/25/25 portfolio]]>
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        <![CDATA[China’s stockmarket rally may hurt the economy]]>
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        <![CDATA[The “wealth effect” is not the only way it has an impact]]>
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        <![CDATA[The economics of self-driving taxis]]>
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        <![CDATA[Waymo is a case study in automation]]>
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        <![CDATA[The AI talent war is becoming fiercer]]>
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        <![CDATA[How other countries hope to challenge America]]>
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        <![CDATA[Investing like the ultra-rich is easier than ever]]>
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        <![CDATA[And that worries regulators]]>
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        <![CDATA[Will Dubai’s super-hot property market avoid a crash?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Despite fears of a reckoning, its fundamentals look solid]]>
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        <![CDATA[How to spot a genius]]>
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        <![CDATA[In an age of artificial intelligence, the human kind is increasingly important]]>
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        <![CDATA[Russia’s besieged economy is clinging on]]>
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        <![CDATA[The good times have firmly come to an end, but wage growth remains strong]]>
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        <![CDATA[Would an all-out trade war be better?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Donald Trump has so far avoided retaliation, which might carry a cost of its own]]>
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        <![CDATA[Why European workers need to switch jobs]]>
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        <![CDATA[The continent’s labour market is ill-suited to an age of disruption]]>
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        <![CDATA[China’s future rests on 200m precarious workers]]>
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        <![CDATA[They may work in factories or for delivery apps, but are united by common struggles]]>
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        <![CDATA[Ukraine faces a $19bn budget black hole]]>
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        <![CDATA[Without funding, the country will be left vulnerable]]>
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        <![CDATA[Europe’s great stockmarket inversion]]>
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        <![CDATA[The hottest places to invest are on the continent’s periphery]]>
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        <![CDATA[America’s economy defies gloomy expectations]]>
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        <![CDATA[As the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, growth is holding up]]>
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        <![CDATA[Can you make it to the end of this column? ]]>
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        <![CDATA[Understanding the new economics of attention]]>
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        <![CDATA[How grain has gone from famine to feast]]>
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        <![CDATA[Prices are close to a five-year low]]>
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        <![CDATA[Meet Donald Trump’s aid agency]]>
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        <![CDATA[Or is it a sovereign-wealth fund in disguise?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Why American bondholders are jumpy about inflation]]>
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        <![CDATA[The Federal Reserve prepares to cut interest rates in tricky circumstances]]>
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        <![CDATA[Europe’s economy at last shows signs of a recovery]]>
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        <![CDATA[Even if there is plenty that could yet kill it]]>
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        <![CDATA[Chinese trade is thriving despite America’s attacks]]>
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        <![CDATA[The rest of the world is willing to be “ripped off”]]>
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        <![CDATA[What if the AI stockmarket blows up?]]>
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        <![CDATA[We find that the potential cost has risen alarmingly high]]>
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        <![CDATA[What if artificial intelligence is just a “normal” technology?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Its rise might yet follow the path of previous technological revolutions]]>
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        <![CDATA[Bond vigilantes take aim at France]]>
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        <![CDATA[With any luck, the stand-off might focus politicians’ minds]]>
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        <![CDATA[The hard right’s plans for Europe’s economy]]>
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        <![CDATA[It has moderated, but offers little hope of growth-boosting reform]]>
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        <![CDATA[Why supply shocks are a trap for commodity investors]]>
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        <![CDATA[Lessons from lithium’s fake rally]]>
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        <![CDATA[China turns crypto-curious]]>
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        <![CDATA[But would the country’s leaders really want stablecoins to succeed?]]>
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        <![CDATA[America is escaping its office crisis]]>
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        <![CDATA[The torment caused by covid-19 and high interest rates appears to be over]]>
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        <![CDATA[The threat of deflation stalks Asia’s economies]]>
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        <![CDATA[Blame China, slumping commodities and creaky growth]]>
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        <![CDATA[Trump’s interest-rate crusade will be self-defeating]]>
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        <![CDATA[New research shows the importance of central-bank credibility]]>
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        <![CDATA[Gambling or investing? In America, the line is increasingly blurred]]>
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        <![CDATA[Bet on stocks in a prediction market run by a sports-betting firm and a futures exchange]]>
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        <![CDATA[How Trump’s war on the Federal Reserve could do serious damage ]]>
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        <![CDATA[Just consider what happens if inflation starts to rise again]]>
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        <![CDATA[Assessing the case against Lisa Cook]]>
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        <![CDATA[How strong is the evidence, and how bad would it be if the claims were true?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Why you should buy your employer’s shares]]>
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        <![CDATA[Even though doing so flies in the face of most financial advice]]>
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        <![CDATA[The Economist’s finance and economics internship]]>
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        <![CDATA[We invite applications for our Marjorie Deane scheme]]>
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        <![CDATA[Even as China’s economy suffers, stocks soar. What’s going on?]]>
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        <![CDATA[The Shanghai composite is defying gravity]]>
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        <![CDATA[Trump “fires” Lisa Cook, escalating his war on the Federal Reserve]]>
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        <![CDATA[There is little precedent: no Fed governor has been dismissed for cause before]]>
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        <![CDATA[Trump’s interest-rate crusade will be self-defeating]]>
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        <![CDATA[The president’s threats loomed over this year’s Jackson Hole conference]]>
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        <![CDATA[Fear the deficit-populism doom loop]]>
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        <![CDATA[Politicians, particularly in Europe, are in a terrible bind]]>
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        <![CDATA[Economists disagree about everything. Don’t they?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Their discipline is famous for its fissiparousness]]>
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        <![CDATA[The green transition has a surprising new home]]>
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        <![CDATA[Forget about northern Europeans, with their coalition governments and love of cycling ]]>
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        <![CDATA[Can China cope with a deindustrialised future?]]>
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        <![CDATA[Communist Party officials face a difficult ideological turn]]>
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        <![CDATA[Trump’s trade victims are shrugging off his attacks]]>
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        <![CDATA[And China is gaining in the process]]>
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        <![CDATA[In praise of complicated investing strategies]]>
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        <![CDATA[To understand markets, forget Occam’s razor]]>
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        <![CDATA[How America’s AI boom is squeezing the rest of the economy]]>
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        <![CDATA[Beware the data-centre takeover]]>
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        <![CDATA[We update our entrenchment measure]]>
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        <![CDATA[Growth-loving authoritarians are failing on their own terms]]>
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        <![CDATA[In Asia, East Africa and the Gulf leaders now face an unpleasant choice]]>
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        <![CDATA[Kandinsky, Monet and Rembrandt were economists as well as artists]]>
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