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The US is losing patience with China

The US is losing patience with China

A senior US official has taken aim at China, saying “more creative approaches may be necessary” to protect the global economy.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz

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The UK and France now have to deal with very uncertain futures
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The UK and France now have to deal with very uncertain futures

Two very different election outcomes last weekend have produced very similar challenges that the governments will struggle to deal with.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
This fairytale village in ruins symbolises state of China’s economy

This fairytale village in ruins symbolises state of China’s economy

These days the abandoned ruins stand as a mausoleum to Evergrande’s rapacious ambitions and a symbol of the sickness plaguing the real estate market.

  • by Lisa Visentin
How Putin handed America the keys to the world’s energy market

How Putin handed America the keys to the world’s energy market

It did not take long for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine to reshape the world’s energy markets, but the Russian president might be kicking himself.

  • by Jonathan Leake
The multitrillion-dollar threat that could spark another financial crisis
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The multitrillion-dollar threat that could spark another financial crisis

A fast-growing part of the financial system is setting off alarm bells.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
The accounting trick at the heart of the world’s climate goals

The accounting trick at the heart of the world’s climate goals

On paper we can offset our way to net zero. In the real world, we cannot.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Globalisation might be worsening inequality, but I’m OK with that

Globalisation might be worsening inequality, but I’m OK with that

It’s important to look at exactly how globalisation has tipped the scale when it comes to equality.

  • by Millie Muroi
The great American boom is running out of steam, leaving mountains of debt
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The great American boom is running out of steam, leaving mountains of debt

The US economy is slowing to a halt. Personal savings are way down. National debt is way up. Brace yourself for a hard landing.

  • by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Xi and Putin’s love-in is an ominous sign for the West
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Xi and Putin’s love-in is an ominous sign for the West

Russia and China have traditionally treated each other with mutual suspicion and loathing. But now they are closer than ever.

  • by Liam Halligan
It’s defend yourself, or get crushed by China’s export tsunami
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It’s defend yourself, or get crushed by China’s export tsunami

An open world economy cannot exist with a deformed Chinese economy that accounts for 13 per cent of global consumption but produces 31 per cent of all manufactured goods.

  • by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
China just unveiled a ‘ground-breaking’ fix for its property crisis. It’s not enough

China just unveiled a ‘ground-breaking’ fix for its property crisis. It’s not enough

Three years after China’s property sector started imploding, Xi Jinping is finally doing something meaningful to fix it. He needs to do more.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz