Why the world economy feels so fragilePolitical instability will make it harder to ride out a slowdownWe must prepare now for the likelihood of a recessionExcess austerity is a bigger risk than fiscal profligacyRecessions and bear markets — the terrible twinsA global recession is unlikely this year, unless a bear market causes oneUS-China: farmers count the cost of the trade war America’s soyabean exports to the world’s biggest market have all but disappeared, leaving farmers dependent on a $12bn bailout Don’t blame the Fed if the US economy tanksThe culprit is more likely to be markets than monetary policy in the event of a recessionLondon’s financial sector will take a knock in 2019 With or without a Brexit deal, the City’s pre-eminence will be shakenMore from this SeriesTraders track down the wrong suspect for the liquidity squeezeThe Fed’s decision to unwind quantitative easing is not the culprit hereGold: dig it Premium contentReturns may be dull but volatility has given a new shine to miners of the yellow metalTreat growth models and forecasts with scepticismLetter from Prof Robert H Wade, London School of Economics, UK
Why the world economy feels so fragilePolitical instability will make it harder to ride out a slowdownWe must prepare now for the likelihood of a recessionExcess austerity is a bigger risk than fiscal profligacyRecessions and bear markets — the terrible twinsA global recession is unlikely this year, unless a bear market causes oneUS-China: farmers count the cost of the trade war America’s soyabean exports to the world’s biggest market have all but disappeared, leaving farmers dependent on a $12bn bailout Don’t blame the Fed if the US economy tanksThe culprit is more likely to be markets than monetary policy in the event of a recessionLondon’s financial sector will take a knock in 2019 With or without a Brexit deal, the City’s pre-eminence will be shakenMore from this SeriesTraders track down the wrong suspect for the liquidity squeezeThe Fed’s decision to unwind quantitative easing is not the culprit hereGold: dig it Premium contentReturns may be dull but volatility has given a new shine to miners of the yellow metalTreat growth models and forecasts with scepticismLetter from Prof Robert H Wade, London School of Economics, UK