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Global uncertainty reached unprecedented levels at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak and remains elevated. The World Uncertainty Index—a quarterly measure of global economic and...

Americans are told to give their all—time, labor, and passion—to their jobs. But do their jobs give enough back? Americans work more hours than their...

When oil prices sank to zero last May, few investors thought of inflation. But those who study data on monetary conditions knew that the unprecedented...

Frederick Crosby, chief revenue officer at Nium, explains to The Banker’s Kimberley Long how the need for cross-border payments has changed during the Covid-19 pandemic,...

In 1909, UK politicians debated an idea they called “an experiment and a revolution”: the introduction of a minimum wage in certain sectors of the...

Developed countries have experienced serious disruption in 2020, but this pales in comparison with the suffering the Covid-19 pandemic has inflicted on emerging markets. The...

Economically, 2020 was a terrible year for the UK, but the real damage will not be easy to assess. Next month it will be official....

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when we lost control of what we see, read—and even think—to the biggest social-media companies. I put it right around...

The year 2020 will be remembered as the worst recession since the Depression. Green shoots of growth in the summer were crushed by a second...

The Federal Reserve’s corporate bond and corporate bond ETF portfolio is on the rise. Aggregate financing to the real economy is up in China. And...