November 2022
Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement revives the rhetoric of austerity [Britain]
The OBR has huge power [Britain]
October 2022
The Bank of England has seen off several threats. There are more challenges to come [Britain]
As Britain’s government looks to save money, almost nothing is protected [Britain]
Britain’s fiscal watchdog is caught up in a political storm [Britain]
Britain’s mortgage market is adjusting to higher interest rates [Britain]
September 2022
The fallout from Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget continues [Britain, with Matt Holehouse]
Tom Scholar’s sacking rattles the Treasury [Britain, with Matt Holehouse]
Britain’s government signs a giant blank cheque to help with energy bills [Britain]
Britain’s cost of living crisis is not just about energy. It’s about food too [Britain]
Britain’s school budgets are being squeezed [Britain]
August 2022
Why helping people with soaring energy bills will be so tricky [Britain]
Reducing the power of the Treasury is a good idea [Britain]
Parsing the policies of Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss [Britain]
Britain’s economy is taking a drubbing [Britain]
July 2022
The Bank of England must weather high inflation and meddling politicians [Britain]
Britain’s labour market is straining to recover from the pandemic [Britain]
Many British conservatives now prefer tax cuts to balanced budgets [Britain]
June 2022
British childcare is expensive [Britain]
Why Britain’s government is extending controversial steel tariffs [Explainer]
Britain’s government is restraining public sector pay to curb inflation [Britain]
Britain’s productivity problem is long-standing and getting worse [Britain]
May 2022
Rishi Sunak’s new plan to help with the cost of living squeeze [Britain]
Do the poor face higher inflation? [Explainer]
Businesses in Britain are not as gloomy as consumers. Yet [Britain]
April 2022
Brexit has clobbered smaller businesses [Britain]
A guide to Britain’s cost of living crunch [Britain]
British academics are seeing their retirement benefits cut [Britain]
How Brexit is affecting the all-island economy (with Sam McBride) [Britain]
March 2022
Analysis of Britain’s Spring Statement [Britain]
How does inflation affect Britain’s public finances? [Britain]
February 2022
Britain’s post-Brexit trade policy is maturing [Britain]
Running the national lottery has become more complicated over time [Britain]
Britain’s cost of living squeeze in four charts [Britain]
January 2022
Do tips make for better service? [International]
The Bank of England is determined to avoid a wage-price spiral [Britain]
Britain’s Office for National Statistics did well during the pandemic [Britain]
A new investment screening bill tries to protect national security [Britain]
Brexit one year on (With Joshua Roberts & Joel Budd) [Britain]
November 2021
Freeports [Britain]
Britain’s economic dynamism [Britain]
Shortages on supermarket shelves [Britain]
Higher interest rates mean more expensive mortgages [Britain]
October 2021
Britain’s minimum wage [Britain]
Rishi Sunak’s Budget marks a shift towards big-state conservatism [Britain]
Why the Bank of England is looking unusually hawkish [Britain]
In Britain, young women got more work during the pandemic [Britain]
The holes in Britain’s welfare state [Britain]
A special report on trade in six parts [Special Report]
July 2021
[to be updated]
The EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism [Economics & Finance, Free Exchange column]
June 2021
[to be updated]
May 2021
[to be updated]
April 2021
[to be updated]
Obituary of Robert Mundell [Economics & Finance]
How has the IMF fared during the pandemic? [Economics & Finance]
March 2021
Efforts to modernise economics teaching are gathering steam [Economics & Finance]
The many guises of vaccine nationalism [Economics & Finance]
February 2021
The pandemic has pushed working mothers out of the labour force [Economics & Finance]
The WTO has a new chief. Is it time for new trade rules too? [Economics & Finance]
January 2021
What effect will Joe Biden’s Buy America executive order have? [Economics & Finance]
Supply chain bottlenecks are pushing up costs for manufacturers [Economics & Finance]
What the Big Mac index tells you about currency wars [Economics & Finance]
December 2020
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander [Christmas Special]
Is a wave of reshoring around the corner? [Free Exchange, Economics & Finance]
November 2020
A new Asian trade deal (RCEP) [Economics & Finance]
Australia-China trade tensions [Asia]
October 2020
As assessment of President Donald Trump’s trade record [United States]
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the favourite to lead the World Trade Organisation [Economics & Finance]
The G20 has agreed to suspend debt service payments for six months. Why it will be necessary and difficult to go further [Economics & Finance]
The ambitions and frustrations of Britain’s post-EU trade policy [Britain]
Trade is being used to toughen up on low labour standards [Economics & Finance]
September 2020
Shady business with respect to the World Bank’s Doing Business rankings [Economics & Finance]
What a Biden presidency would mean for trade [Economics & Finance]
Why trade outperformed expectations in 2020 [Economics & Finance]
August 2020
As Azevedo leaves the World Trade Organisation, has the organisation’s core principle gone too? [Online]
Global trade and the dollar [Briefing]
Phil Hogan resigns [Economics & Finance]
What it takes to become an economist is changing [Economics & Finance]
July 2020
Emmanuel Farhi obituary [Economics & Finance]
Digital services taxes [Economics & Finance]
Picking a winner to lead the WTO [Economics & Finance]
June 2020
Economists grapple with their race problem [Economics & Finance]
May 2020
A memo to the WTO’s next boss [Economics & Finance]
The future of globalisation [Cover briefing]
Melissa Dell wins the John Bates Clark medal [Economics & Finance]
April 2020
The IMF should issue Special Drawing Rights [Economics & Finance]
March 2020
The coming collapse of global trade [Economics & Finance]
Export restrictions on medical supplies [Economics & Finance, online]
February 2020
Profile of Phil Hogan and EU trade policy [Economics & Finance]
Mismeasured capital flows [Economics & Finance]
Structural reform at the IMF [Economics & Finance]
Wine tariffs [Economics & Finance]
January 2020
The special relationship [Briefing, with Daniel Franklin & Shashank Joshi]
The costs of America’s lurch towards managed trade [Free Exchange column, Economics & Finance]
How to think about Trump’s blustering at Davos [Economics & Finance]
A new phase one deal between the US and China [Economics & Finance]
Economists are (still) discussing their lack of diversity [Economics & Finance]
December 2019
The US and China strike a Phase One deal. Details are scanty [Economics & Finance]
When it comes to the USMCA, the interests of Trump and Democrats have aligned [Economics & Finance]
The Trump administration’s trade policies clash with each other [Economics & Finance]
November 2019
The end of the WTO’s appellate body [Economics & Finance]
The Trump administration is trying to reforge carmakers’ supply chains [Economics & Finance]
October 2019
WTO fight between America and China [Economics & Finance]
A truce in the trade war [Economics & Finance – online]
Airbus trade dispute [Economics & Finance]
September 2019
Paul Blustein Schism book review [Economics & Finance]
August 2019
Treasury calls China a currency manipulator [Economics & Finance – online]
Trump announces tariffs on Chinese imports from September 1st [Economics & Finance – online]
The Powell pirouette: the Fed cuts interest rates [Economics & Finance]
July 2019
Policies to tackle currency manipulation [Economics & Finance]
The Fed is listening to different stories [United States]
A new trade deal between the EU and Mercosur [Economics & Finance]
Trump makes two nominations to the Federal Reserve [Economics & Finance]
June 2019
US-India trade relations (with Tom Easton) [Asia]
The Federal Reserve reviews its framework [Economics & Finance]
Trump trashes trade deals in favour of tariffs [Economics & Finance]
May 2019
Trump threatens Mexico with tariffs [Economics & Finance]
How America should fight the next downturn [United States]
Trump administration lifts steel tariffs on Canada and Mexico [Economics & Finance]
Economists are rethinking debt [Economics & Finance]
April 2019
March 2019
Economics’ #metoo moment [Economics & Finance, see also podcast]
Benefits of hot US economy are unevenly spread [United States]
Why did the China shock hurt so much? [Economics & Finance]
February 2019
Review of the Fed’s monetary policy framework [Economics & Finance]
Trade and soyabeans [Economics & Finance]
E-commerce negotiations [Economics & Finance]
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act [Economics & Finance]
January 2019
America’s government shutdown [United States]
Economists trying to fix their gender problem [Economics & Finance]
Stock market troubles and the US economy [Economics & Finance]
The rise of preferential trade agreements [Economics & Finance]
November 2018
Wobbles in the US housing market [United States]
Opportunity Zones [United States]
EU-US trade relations are extremely fragile [Economics & Finance]
Strong data obscure an upcoming slowdown [Economics & Finance]
October 2018
Manufacturing employment is defying expectations [United States]
NAFTA (with Richard Ensor and Madelaine Drohan [Americas]
September 2018
Limits in the US labour market [Economics & Finance]
The US and China are in a proper trade war [Economics & Finance]
Who pays tariffs? [United States]
August 2018
Jackson Hole [Free Exchange column]
NAFTA (post US-Mexico bilateral) [Economics & Finance]
NAFTA (imminent deal?) [Economics & Finance]
Winners from Trump’s tariffs [Economics & Finance]
July 2018
What to think about America’s amazing 4.1% GDP growth [United States]
Why tariffs are bad taxes [Explainer]
EU-US trade deal(?) & agriculture subsidies announced [United States]
Pres. Trump criticises the Federal Reserve [United States]
A plan to save the WTO [Briefing]
June 2018
US-China trade war [Economics and Finance]
Trade strategy [Economics and Finance]
May 2018
NAFTA and labour/rules of origin [Economics and Finance]
Falling response rates to household surveys [International]
April 2018
NAFTA preview [Economics and Finance]
Trump’s problems with China [Economics and Finance]
Trump’s (China) trade war, tariff edition [Economics and Finance]
March 2018
Trump’s (China) trade war [Economics and Finance]
Trump’s (steel and aluminium) trade war [Cover briefing]
Trump’s (steel and aluminium) tariffs [Economics and Finance]
February 2018
NAFTA and cars [Economics and Finance]
Trade deals for the UK to prioritise [Britain]
Men and women in economics [Economics and Finance]
Trump considers tariffs on steel and aluminium [Economics and Finance]
January 2018
Argentina’s economy (w/ Sarah Maslin) [Americas]
Tariffs on washing machines and solar panels [Leader]
The difficulty with fixing the steel industry [Economics and Finance]
December 2017
Women in economics [Christmas special]
11th WTO ministerial meeting [Economics and Finance]
WTO preview [Economics and Finance]
China and America fight in the WTO [Economics and Finance]
Cheeseonomics [Economics and Finance]
November 2017
The economics of Buy Local [Free Exchange]
Clashing over Commerce [Books and Arts]
A revived trade deal: CPTPP [Economics and Finance]
Economics for the Common Good [Books and Arts]
Happy GATTiversary [Economics and Finance]
October 2017
NAFTA negotiation round [Economics and Finance]
September 2017
Three trade battles for Trump [Economics and Finance]
America holds the WTO hostage [Economics and Finance]
August 2017
How do I chat up an economist? [1843 answers]
Trump’s NAFTA negotiation strategy [Economics and Finance]
The cost of the free economy [Free Exchange column]
Pigouvian taxes and externalities [Economics brief]
NAFTA negotiations start [Economics and Finance]
Trump administration launches 301 investigation into China [Economics and Finance]
July 2017
The Trump administration’s NAFTA renegotiation objectives [Americas]
A new Japan-EU trade deal [Economics and Finance]
How fracking leads to babies [Economics explains]
Report of the 2017 Royal Economic Society Annual conference (long read, res.org.uk)
June 2017
How Trade-adjustment Assistance works [Economics and Finance]
The evidence on the best age gap in a relationship [1843 answers]
Will Trump really help aluminium workers? [Economics and Finance]
May 2017
What Donald Trump means by fair trade [Briefing]
America’s new trade negotiator is confirmed [Economics and Finance]
Rhino horn [Economics and Finance]
April 2017
Trump’s (protectionist) trade agenda gets going [Economics and Finance]
Employment in southern europe (with Emma Hogan) [Europe]
Why couples do more housework than singletons [Explainer]
Back to the 80s: Trump’s trade policy [Economics and Finance]
March 2017
Trump review of trade deals [Economics and Finance]
South Korea – America trade deal [Economics and Finance]
Economists argue about the effect of Chinese imports on American jobs [Economics and Finance]
British budget: changes to how the self-employed are taxed [Britain]
Review of The Complacent Class by Tyler Cowen [Books and Arts]
Donald Trump’s trade strategy [Economics and Finance]
February 2017
A proposed tweak to trade statistics [Economics and Finance]
Renegotiating NAFTA [Economics and Finance]
January 2017
Trade Facilitation Agreement [Economics and Finance]
Visas as aid [Economics and Finance]
America, China and the risk of a trade war [Economics and Finance]
Winners and losers in a China-America trade war [Economics and Finance]
Fake news [Free Exchange blog, with Idrees Kahloon]
Pet healthcare [Daily chart]
Anthony Atkinson obituary [Economics and Finance]
December 2016
Cambridge economists [Christmas special]
Thomas Schelling obituary [Free Exchange column]
China’s market economy status [Economics and Finance]
Does Britain have a new government? [Prospect]
Trump and trade [Briefing]
November 2016
Methods in economics [Free Exchange column]
Letting agency fees [Britain]
The Great Convergence by Richard Baldwin [Books and Arts]
TOMs shoes [Economics and Finance]
October 2016
CETA and the Walloons [Europe]
Food for refugees [Economics and Finance]
Trade deals [Economics and Finance]
September 2016
Interest rate caps [Leader]
Nash equilibrium [Economist explains blog]
Migration into the gulf [Middle East and Africa]
Labour laws in the gulf [Middle East and Africa]
Statisticians under fire [Economics and Finance]
August 2016
Economics of Harry Potter tickets [Britain]
Nash equilibrium [Economics Brief]
Improve your life with a coin toss [Free Exchange blog]
July 2016
Lebanese job creation [Middle East and Africa]
Jordan-Syria border [Middle East and Africa]
Turkey’s economy [Economics and Finance]
Teasing terrorists [Prospero blog]
June 2016
Measuring the value of data [Economics and Finance]
Universal Basic Income [Briefing, with Ryan Avent]
Job-Stealing robots [Economics and Finance]
May 2016
Compulsory voting [Free Exchange column]
Quinoa [Explainer]
Quinoa [Economics and Finance]
Second homes [Leader]
VAT reform in the EU [Economics and Finance]
April 2016
Corbyn: The Musical [Prospero blog]
Mario Draghi [Economics and Finance online]
Review of Boom Bust Boom [Prospero blog]
Tax transparency [Britain]
Wages in the UAE [Economics and Finance]
Measures of corruption [Economics and Finance online]
March 2016
Economics of crime [Free Exchange blog]
Brexit panel at the Royal Economic Society conference [Vox EU]
Tampon tax [Free Exchange blog]
Sugar tax in Britain [Britain]
Lloyd Shapley obituary [Free Exchange blog]
Free Exchange: Feminist economics [Economics and Finance]
High denomination bank notes [Economist explains]
High denomination bank notes [Economics and Finance]
Asset sales: The Great British Sell-off [Britain]
Emotional hedging: why Trump-haters should vote for him to win [Free Exchange blog]
February 2016
Disney and “surge pricing” [Free Exchange blog]
The Swiss government rejects the nationalisation of moneymaking [Economics and Finance]
How many people has Syria’s civil war killed? [Middle East and Africa]
The lesbian wage premium [Economics and Finance]
Why lesbians tend to earn more than heterosexual women [Economist explains]
Would a dating app just for economists work? [Free Exchange blog]
January 2016
Chickens and the Trans-Pacific Partnership [Economics and finance]
The economic impact of refugees [Economics and Finance]
Fudging hell: publication bias in economics [Free Exchange blog]
Powerball: Lotteries pull in punters by making it harder to win [Economics and Finance]
Banking: there is less competition among banks than first meets the eye [Economics and Finance]
Big Mac index: Big currency devaluations are not boosting exports as much as they used to [Economics and Finance]
December 2015
Austerity in Europe: Government cuts have tended to land on the young [Free Exchange blog]
Facebook and Philanthropy: I’ll give it my way [Economics and Finance]
Gulf currencies: keeping it riyal [Economics and Finance]
November 2015
Taxing sugary drinks: stopping slurping [Economics and Finance] Taxing fizzy drinks seems to work as intended
Economics can be fun: a graph a minute [Economics & Finance] Supply and demand walk into a bar.
The world economy: pulled back in [Briefing with economics editor John O’Sullivan]
Property in Sweden: home is where the heartache is [Economics & Finance with Sacha Nauta]
Unseen killer: white America’s mid-life crisis [United States, charticle]
October 2015
Welfare: credit crunch [Britain] A plan to cut tax credits is defeated, for now. Coming up with a face-saving alternative will be hard.
The Economist explains: the thinking behind feminist economics
Free exchange: reality cheque [Economics & Finance] Angus Deaton wins the Nobel prize.
Fixed exchange rates: pegs under pressure [Economics & Finance]
September 2015
Free exchange: prudence and profligacy [Economics & Finance] How much austerity have countries actually done?
Consumer lending: all credit to them [Economics & Finance]
Migrants and labour markets: more vacancies than visitors [Europe]
Cash for residency: indecorous leave to remain [Economics & Finance]
August 2015
Public services: pay-as-you-go government [Britain] From divorces to corpses, cash-strapped governments are finding unusual new sources of revenue.
Free exchange: Off the block [Economics & Finance] Economists may idolise auctions, but most people do not.
American jobs: disappointing figures probably won’t put off the Fed’s rate rise
Cutting unemployment: how governments should help those on the dole
Distracted teens: the dreamboat next door [Economics & Finance]
Old people’s homes: frailer [Britain]
July 2015
Free exchange: destination unknown [Economics & Finance] Minimum wages
Wage inequality: are Americans passing up a chance at the best jobs?
The Economist explains: why Britain’s government wants to relax Sunday-trading laws
Pensions: A raid on the future [Britain]
The budget: five key questions
The Economist explains: what happens at the British budget
Britain’s inheritance-tax cut: throwing more money at homeowners
Free exchange: credit where taxes are due [Economics & Finance] Tax credits and a high minimum wage are complements, not substitutes.
America’s labour market: is it working yet?
June 2015
Fiscal rules: playing by the book [Britain]
Helping teens think: take a chill pill
The civil service: squeezing the mandarins [Britain, charticle]
Mutual funds and airline competition: who really owns the skies?
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