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How Trump might topple the dollar

Stocks down, yields down, dollar up. A reliable relationship between America’s listed companies, government bonds and the value of the currency has held,...

Short-term pain will lead to long-term gain, says Trump. Really?

DONALD TRUMP has been adept at finding euphemisms for the chaos. When both stocks and bonds sold off last week, fuelling concerns about...

A flight from the dollar could wreck America’s budget

In 1990s Japan the worst days of a market crisis brought about a “triple yasu” loss: a fall in stockmarkets, a rise in...

A flight from the dollar could wreck America’s finances

In 1990s Japan the worst days of a market crisis brought about a “triple yasu” loss: a fall in stockmarkets, a rise in...

Investors realise Trump’s pause was not the salvation it appeared

SO FAR THIS year China has imported ten American films, including the zany “A Minecraft Movie”. But there is a limit to how...

Can China fight America alone?

The world’s two biggest economies begin an almighty trade clash

The tariff madness of King Donald, explained

As his policy turns on a dime, pity those tasked with justifying his actions

China has a weapon that could hurt America: rare-earth exports

TO WIN A game of Scrabble, start at the bottom of the periodic table. The 17 “rare earths” that reside there have longish...

America’s financial system came close to the brink

For a good few hours on April 9th, disaster beckoned. Share prices had been falling for weeks. Then the market for American Treasury...

Trump’s tariff pause brings investors relief—but worries remain

DONALD TRUMP has blinked. Little more than 12 hours after his radical regime of “reciprocal” tariffs took effect, he has put most of...

Bond-market convulsions look extremely dangerous

Treasury yields and other signs of stress are flashing red

Despite the pause, America’s tariffs are the worst ever trade shock

The announcement on April 9th that America would pause sky-high reciprocal tariffs sent stockmarkets soaring around the world. Countries that had faced crippling...
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