Populism makes landfall in japan

Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba has resigned. Investors compounded the humiliation with celebrations. Local shares hit a record high on Tuesday. Ishiba’s 11-month tenure was blighted by elector

“We’ll have a majority [on the Federal Reserve Board] very shortly… People are paying too high an interest rate… We have to get the rates down a little bit,” says Donald Trump. The US president isn’t

Issue of the week: the battle for the ...

Speculation has reached fever pitch about the contents of the government’s forthcoming Autumn Budget. This follows the assessment of the highly respected NIESR (National Institute of Economic and Soci

François Bayrou, the beleaguered French prime minister, has said that the 8 September confidence vote in parliament, which is expected to go against him and his budget proposals, will not decide “the

Sovereign bond yields are ringing some alarm bells about the UK’s economic and fiscal outlook