Why everyone is suddenly so interested in US bond markets
What is happening with US bonds, why Donald Trump cares and how ordinary Americans could be affected.
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Could Trump’s tariffs give a green light for corporate profiteering?
Expectations of inflation, and recent waves of price rises, could be self-fulfilling and fuel ‘greedflation’ – and it may not only apply to US consumers
Over the past few years consumers have grown used to seeing prices rise at an exorbitant rate. The cost of everything – from used cars to utility bills and the humble loaf of bread – has rocketed in the worst inflation shock across advanced economies since the 1980s.
While inflation has cooled in the past year, talk of fast-rising prices is back on the agenda from Donald Trump’s escalating trade war.
Time to think the unthinkable about bank regulation
Geopolitics is undermining the global system of financial regulation
Neil Woodford times his second coming to perfection
Former UK fund manager plots Easter comeback but his new ‘investment strategy platform’ has some obvious flaws
Donald Trump vs Mr Market
As the US president’s rollercoaster tariff policy creates global financial chaos, Tim Harford asks: is he in a fight he can’t win?
Designed in US, made in China: Why Apple is stuck
China sits at the heart of Apple’s supply chain – and has benefited hugely from it. Can they break up?