Talking points

“Pick a side,” says The Economist. While the US and China have smoothed over their own trade spat, US strategy has pivoted to pressuring “unfortunate third countries” to do the dirty work of isolating

Picking through a murky market outlook for the rest of 2025

Issue of the week: the US/UK trade accord ...

“A latter-day Rip Van Winkle… napping since the start of the year, might think not much had changed” over the past six months in financial markets, says Randall Forsyth in Barron’s. The S&P 500 index

A 4.1% unemployment rate suggests little need for rate cuts from the Fed

IT is such fun making holiday plans: perhaps the anniversary cruise of a lifetime, an African safari, a romantic weekend in Paris or even a spur-of-the-moment trip to a warm beach. But last-minute pla