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The Fed operates with what is known as instrument independence, which means that it can raise or lower interest rates or buy ...

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No doubt it’s an exaggeration to say that many powerful figures in the Democratic Party are more alarmed by Zohran Mamdani’s surprise victory over Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s mayoral primary than ...

President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, now working its way through Congress, permanently extends tax cuts ...

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One of Wall Street’s top critics of Trump’s tariff blitz has now admitted the president’s unpredictable trade policy may be ...

The Economist has made some significant changes to its app, including better navigation, a weekday and weekend content lineup ...

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When tech companies first rolled out generative-AI products, some critics immediately feared a media collapse. Every bit of ...

Should America end up in a long war with China over Taiwan, they ask, or should NATO have to fight off another Russian ...

The Labour government’s decision to scrap the country’s non-domicile tax regime, which until April allowed the ultra-rich to ...