How to live with inflation

Libertarian president Javier Milei has been facing a gathering currency crisis after his party suffered a stinging defeat in local elections earlier this month. The peso has shed about a fifth of its

The world is full of recurring patterns, not just in the natural world but in the social realm, too. There is the boom-bubble-bust cycle of the stockmarket. There is what we call the Primary Trend, in

“America has progressed from infancy to senility without passing through a period of maturity.” So said a character in one of Ian Fleming’s short stories in 1960. He was wrong then – or, was he, as so

Argentina is undergoing a dramatic economic surge that many describe as a new dawn for South America’s second-largest nation. For the first time in over a decade, inflation is falling sharply, and Arg

The dots appear to contradict one another, puzzling observers. How to connect them? Inflation over the last five years has been double the Federal Reserve’s target. Why then, does it cut its key lendi

Age brings wisdom – or at least experience. MoneyWeek is approaching its 25th birthday (the first edition appeared on 3 November 2000), and is therefore in a better position than many publications to