Wishful sinking
China’s economy is on course for a “double dip”
The post-covid economy was meant to roar. But it is faltering again
Free exchange
Wage-price spirals are far scarier in theory than in practice
Rising salaries are a poor predictor of future inflation
Lost and won
South Korea has had enough of being called an emerging market
And yet it may fail to join the top league of global bourses once again
The great steeplechase
America is losing ground in Asian trade
China’s campaign to regionalise supply chains is doing better than appreciated
Buttonwood
Sooner or later, America’s financial system could seize up
The Federal Reserve must soon decide when to stop shrinking its balance-sheet
Graftbusters
A new super-regulator takes aim at rampant corruption in Chinese finance
Grim times for the country’s star moneymen
The great escape
Is the global housing slump over?
Why rising interest rates have not yet triggered property pandemonium
Nasty hangover
After debt-ceiling negotiations, America faces a debt deluge
Its coffers depleted, the Treasury will flood the market with bills
Forged in fire
Amoral cities are flourishing in a turbulent geopolitical era
Our index ranks economic performance over the past three years
Crackdown
Regulators put the future of America’s crypto industry in doubt
Firms will head to friendlier waters
Free exchange
A flawed argument for central-bank digital currencies
Europe’s policymakers are wrong: the economy does not need a digital replacement for cash