History may merely rhyme, rather than repeat itself, but it certainly often offers a neat sense of symmetry. When this magazine launched on 4 November 2000, air was hissing loudly out of the dotcom bu

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Japan’s politics are unstable (see page 4), the yen is trading at multi-decade lows against most major currencies, long-term government bond yields have soared, and inflation is picking up again. Yet

Inflation still too high: “Any good news on the inflation front must be seized upon, and the fact that food prices actually fell in September is likely to be a cause for celebration in struggling hous

Rufus Bird says rumours of a market decline are overstated