The Finnish politician on ‘Fixit’, his love of Millwall — and why the pandemic will favour populists

Irresponsible policy from the Federal Reserve made the coronavirus crisis worse than it had to be.

Ultra-low charges created an industry that hitched a lucrative free ride on the backs of stock pickers

Research by Brookings and FT shows indicators at lowest levels since early 2016

As trade barriers break up world-wide supply chains, the real costs are higher prices and fewer choices for consumers

The economist has long argued that governments should spend whatever it takes. Has her time now come?

A wake-up call to economists who failed to foresee every recent crisis, including the cataclysm of 2008, The 10 Rules of Successful Nations is a slim primer full of pioneering insights on the political, economic, and social habits of successful nations.

BANK OF ENGLAND, Staff Working Paper No. 845

The postwar Swiss economy was largely driven by high-value exports like precision tools and watches. This worked well in the Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates that defined much of the postwar era. But when U.S. President Richard Nixon suspended the conversion of dollars into gold in 1971, currencies gradually began to “float” against one another. The dollar went into a steep decline.

as of Sept. 13, 1970