A tariff is a tax imposed by a government on imported goods and services. Countries use tariffs as a tool to regulate trade, protect domestic industries and generate revenue. When a foreign product ...

This is an excerpt of the Planet Money newsletter. You can sign up here. Amid the dizzying trade actions President Trump has taken in recent days, it was easy to miss a remarkable speech the White ...

Why are some countries rich and others poor? It’s among the most important questions in economics—in all the social sciences—and one at the heart of the work for which MIT’s Daron Acemoglu and Simon ...

In an era when automation, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation are reshaping jobs worldwide, Opeyemi Bamidele, ...

On this episode of The Long View, Neil Shearing, Group Chief Economist at Capital Economics and author, breaks down why he believes that the world is not deglobalizing, what he sees for the US and ...

There is a forecast that the global economy will grow by 3% next year, marking a slight slowdown compared to this year. Growth is expected to be ...

You’re reading The Financial Page, John Cassidy’s weekly column on economics and politics. Hours before Donald Trump met with Xi Jinping in South Korea last week, I sat down with Dani Rodrik, an ...

The Switzer Report Founder Peter Switzer discusses how Israeli strikes against oil and gas facilities open a new wave of risks for an already precarious global economy. Iran remains one of the world’s ...

The sweeping tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on April 2, along with the subsequent postponements and retaliations, have unleashed an enormous amount of global uncertainty. Much of the ...

An analytical look at how India’s 8.2 percent GDP growth coexists with a weakening rupee, driven by global dollar strength, ...

India’s economic growth is surging, yet the rupee keeps weakening as global risks rise and dollar demand expands. Why is a growing economy unable to prevent its currency from sliding further?