Supports that shored up the housing market when borrowing costs last rose are gone

Brazil, China, Germany and Russia have recently joined an unfortunate club

Should new parents favour financial capital, human capital or something else?

Payment cards linked to cryptocurrency accounts may enable Chinese purchases of American AI models

Even with higher growth, taxes may be harder to find

Pinning down the underlying rate may be harder than Kevin Warsh thinks

But conflict is worsening its industrial divide

Number two is trying harder

The country could lose its status as an emerging market

When countries switch towards riskier assets, the global economy feels the consequences

It is more revealing about its academic culture than its civil service

That is bad news for investors’ returns