Trump sees a golden age

Issue of the week: currency gyrations The “debasement ...

“The dollar is the cornerstone of US power… it is the main weapon used by the US to maintain its power… [But] as soon as the political leadership decided to use the US dollar as a political instrument

“Perhaps he’ll do an Elvis and have a fatal heart attack on the loo,” a friend muttered this week. Like most investors, she is having trouble getting used to the idea that the US president has become

Goldbugs are not ideal dinner guests. They are rarely in a particularly cheery mood: one pro-gold article I recall from the optimistic 2000s was entitled We’re freaking doomed, dude. That conjures up

In the final days of his presidency, Richard ...

Is Europe’s 80-year-old alliance with America doomed? asks Michael Shear in The New York Times. US president Donald Trump’s threats of 25% tariffs on a slew of European nations, including the UK, for