Tracking U.S. Small Business During the Pandemic Crisis
Small businesses, the beating heart of the U.S. economy, have been hard hit by the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. A $669 billion federal relief...
Author : Nelli Avetisyan
Majestic Overshoot of Stimulus Money Ended. Faced with Second Wave, Americans Cut Back, Even on Durable Goods
Consumers are starting to run out of artificial steam. The free Pandemic money has been dropping for months and in November nearly faded out. For...
Europe’s banks fear investor flight after dividend bans
Bank bosses bragged at the start of the coronavirus pandemic that, unlike during the financial crisis, their institutions would help save rather than topple the...
The Year the Fed Changed Forever
Jerome H. Powell’s central bank slashed rates, bought bonds in huge sums and rolled out never-before-tried loan programs that shifted its identity. The backlash is...
Post-Pandemic Future May Not Match Investor Fantasies
When the world eventually opens back up, consumers will step out into a buzzing utopia of technological riches. At least, that is what the stock...
Earnings, value and EMs: the market trends for 2021 in charts
It has been a head spinning year for investors. The global Covid-19 pandemic triggered a stunning rout in equity markets. Then came a sharp recovery...
Some of the biggest winners and losers in one of the most unpredictable investing years on record
For investors, 2020 started on a solid note, with stocks grinding higher in a nothing-to-see-here kind of way. Markets even brushed off early reports of...
PODCAST: The year that was—“Money Talks” 2020
Tins of tuna and bedroom slippers, triple-digit growth and IPO implosion—what could it all mean? Host Henry Tricks leads an international band of “Money Talks” regulars on a whistlestop tour...
What if a gold standard were still in use?
In the aftermath of the first world war, the gold standard inspired nearly religious fervour from central bankers. European officials dutifully re-pegged their war-battered currencies to...
PODCAST: Investors unsettled by new coronavirus strain, UK coronavirus strain explained, SoftBank launches Spac
Global stock markets slipped and the price of oil declined on fears over the new strain of coronavirus sweeping through parts of Britain. The FT’s...