FIVE FINANCIAL TRENDS THAT 2022 KILLED / THE ECONOMIST

The great reversal Five financial trends that 2022 killed A year of rising rates has scrambled markets Financial markets’ nastiest surprises...

AMERICA SHOULD BE WARY OF SINGLING OUT TIKTOK / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

America should be wary of singling out TikTok There are wider concerns about Chinese-exposed tech that ought to be preoccupying policymakers...

RUSSIA-PROOFING EUROPE / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Russia-Proofing Europe Although Ukrainians are heading into a hard winter sustained by a sense of optimism and hope for peace in the near fu...

THE THREAT OF A LOST DECADE IN DEVELOPMENT / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

The threat of a lost decade in development A way has to be found to resolve the debt problems that are now emerging for the world’s most vul...

CHINA´S LEADERS PONDER AN ECONOMY WITHOUT LOCKDOWNS--OR CRACKDOWNS / THE ECONOMIST

To protect and to swerve China’s leaders ponder an economy without lockdowns—or crackdowns Will market-friendly slogans turn into market-fri...

THE YEAR THE STRONGMAN STUMBLED / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

The year the strongmen stumbled Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine demonstrated why authoritarian rule so often ends in disaster Gideon Rach...

WHY EU LEADERS DREAD A UKRAINE PEACE PROCESS / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Why EU Leaders Dread a Ukraine Peace Process After the 2008 financial crash, the European Union only papered over the internal North-South c...

THE FED NEEDS TO STOP RAISING RATES / THE FINANCIAL TIMES MARKETS INSIGHT

The Fed needs to stop raising rates With too much hidden leverage around, the central bank should wait to see if the punch bowl has been suf...

WHAT PRICE MCCARTHY? / PROJECT SYNDICATE

What Price McCarthy? The Republican extremists who blocked their own party's choice for Speaker of the US House of Representatives have ...

ANOTHER ANNUS HORRIBILIS FOR THE FED / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Another Annus Horribilis for the Fed Over the past two years, the US Federal Reserve has repeatedly erred in its analysis, policymaking, com...