During Donald Trump’s first term, investors came to believe that his administration’s focus on tax cuts and deregulation would ultimately overwhelm his unpredictable tendencies. This time, it’s different.
Policymakers are racing to catch up with the rapid rise of stablecoins — a version of cryptocurrency that rarely fluctuates, is backed by cash or government bonds and run on public blockchains.
Hardware is all the rage. So is patriotism
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said President Donald Trump has agreed to consider an exemption for Australia from planned US tariffs on steel and aluminium during a telephone call.
Ben Westcott
DeepSeek has dealt the premier chipmaker a $1 trillion blow, but don’t count it out just yet.
How a miracle-working Greek bishop, a Dutch folk figure and an early New York icon became the ubiquitous symbol of Christmas.
OpenAI and Google have unveiled their next generation of products. Here’s what to expect from artificial intelligence in the New Year.
Things have never looked rosier for foreign firms in China, at least according to the country’s Council for the Promotion of International Trade. But the reality is far less rosy.
The first casualties of generative AI offer lessons for other businesses.
THE ECONOMIST: Elon Musk has added almost $US40b to his fortune thanks to the soaring price of Tesla shares, but his is not the only company faring well.
The famous Big Mac index is a light-hearted gauge of whether currencies are at their ‘correct’ level and a useful way of comparing international salaries.
Two weeks ago stock markets were on a seemingly unstoppable bull run. Now they are in free fall.
The Economist
Tourism is booming but its influx has ruffled residents and impacted the growth of other industries.
Built in 1934 and designed by an architect, this pool is sleek, swooshy and perfectly proportioned. Penguins looked less as though they were living in it than modelling for it. There was just one problem.
All around the world, stock markets have been rising at a breakneck pace. But analysts are nervous. To keep the doom-mongering tractable, lets divide the worries into three groups. Here they are ...
THE ECONOMIST: Manners were first popular about a century ago. People are again saying ‘yes please’ to politeness across a host of platforms, notably on TikTok, where users are nervous about the modern world.
That this summer looks set to be punishing should not be a surprise. Global average temperatures have broken records for every month of the past year. But it’s not exceptional. The planet is now 1.2C warmer.
The Economist: After years of slow progress, robots suddenly seem to be getting a lot cleverer. What changed?
THE ECONOMIST: Oil giant Saudi Aramco has rivals over a barrel as it implements decarbonisation plans in the race towards climate targets — and green profits.
Its glittering jewels are supposed to be forever but the miner faces an uncertain future amid BHP’s bid for Anglo American.
Talk of takeover has long swirled around 107-year-old Anglo American, once among the biggest mining companies in the world.But BHP’s interest should come as no surprise.
Donald Trump may have a point on the cost of EVs today, but not for much longer — which is another reason to dismiss the gloom.
THE ECONOMIST: Few companies have had a worse start to the year than Boeing. The American planemaker now needs one hell of a pilot to reverse course.
THE ECONOMIST: For employers who require them, there are several arguments in favour of uniforms. But there’s also plenty of reasons why some staff hate them. Why?
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