What falling birth rates reveal about china’s future

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

“Politicians always seem to assume that the British public isn’t willing to pay more tax in return for better public services,” says Vince Cable. “I’m not entirely sure that’s true.” The former Lib De

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

Hong Kong’s markets are “booming”, says Bloomberg. The city was the world’s busiest market for initial public offerings (IPOs) in the first half of the year, with $45bn raised, compared with just $6.3

A dominant military, political instability and a reliance on foreign aid and bailouts are hardly hallmarks of successful economies. Yet Pakistan’s stockmarket is booming. The Karachi Stock Exchange KS

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