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Finance & economics

Ethiopia gets a stockmarket. Now it just needs some firms to list

The country is no longer the most populous without a bourse

Finance & economics

Are big cities overrated?

New economic research suggests so

Finance & economics

Why catastrophe bonds are failing to cover disaster damage 

The innovative form of insurance is reaching its limits

Leaders

Rising bond yields should spur governments to go for growth

The bond sell-off may partly reflect America’s productivity boom

Finance & economics

“The Traitors”, a reality TV show, offers a useful economics lesson

It is a finite, sequential, incomplete information game

Finance & economics

Will Donald Trump unleash Wall Street?

Bankers have plenty of reason to be hopeful

Finance & economics

Iran is vulnerable to a Trumpian all-out economic assault

Oil prices are already at a five-month high

Finance & economics

Why global bond markets are convulsing

Pity anyone taking out a mortgage

Finance & economics

The Los Angeles fires will be extraordinarily expensive

They will also expose California’s faulty insurance market

Finance & economics

Europe could be torn apart by new divisions

The continent is at its most vulnerable in decades

Finance & economics

How corporate bonds fell out of fashion

The market is at its hottest in years—and a shadow of its former self

Finance & economics

An American purchase of Greenland could be the deal of the century

The economics of buying new territory

Finance & economics

China’s markets take a fresh beating

Authorities have responded by bossing around investors

Finance & economics

Can America’s economy cope with mass deportations?

Production slowdowns, more imports and pricier housing could follow

Finance & economics

Would an artificial-intelligence bubble be so bad?

A new book by Byrne Hobart and Tobias Huber argues there are advantages to financial mania

Finance & economics

Will Elon Musk dominate President Trump’s economic policy?

He will face challenges from both America firsters and conservative mainstreamers

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