October
- Opinion
- World markets
China’s stock rally for the ages shows power of crowds
It could take months until we know the real economic impact of Beijing’s latest stimulus round. But markets are not hanging around to find out.
- Katie Martin
September
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
The Fed needs to avoid becoming passive-aggressive
Adjusting policy in a timely manner to sustain economic expansions is difficult. Given the lags in policy transmission, the time to reset the funds rate has arrived.
- Andrew Law
May 2023
Italy to hold talks with China about exiting Belt and Road Initiative
Rome was firmly rebuked by Washington and Brussels when it joined China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative in 2019, the only G7 country to do so.
- Amy Kazmin and Yuan Yang
April 2023
Ueda kicks off first change of BoJ governorship in a decade
As the first academic to head the 140-year-old institution, Kazuo Ueda has so far struck a neutral tone on monetary policy.
- Toru Fujioka and Sumio Ito
January 2023
- Opinion
- Global economy
The coming financial contagion
A sustained wave of monetary tightening could expose unexpected vulnerabilities in the global financial system.
- Kenneth Rogoff
October 2022
Italy’s Meloni vows to work with EU in first major speech
The far-right prime minister was seeking to reassure member states over her support for the bloc’s policies and Ukraine.
- Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli
- Opinion
- World politics
If Westminster is Hogwarts, Jeremy Hunt is head boy
A growing number of Tory MPs argue Britain’s new chancellor should be made prime minister; others ask why the party needs to bother when Hunt is really in charge.
- Adrian Wooldridge
September 2022
- Opinion
- World elections
Victory to Italian right is no lurch into extremism
Most Italian premiers don’t last a full term. If it turns out differently for Giorgia Meloni, that might well be her biggest achievement of all.
- Updated
- Tony Barber
Far-right firebrand poised to be Italy’s new PM
Polls have opened in Italy’s national elections, and parties on the far-right are leading the race to form the next government in Rome
- Chiara Albanese and Marco Bertacche
Italy set to elect most right-wing regime since WW II
Italians head to the polls after the collapse of widely respected Mario Draghi’s government in July.
- Alvise Armellini and Rodolfo Fabbri
- Analysis
- Monetary policy
End of an era prompts the question: Did negative interest rates work?
Critics of negative interest rates insist the policy damaged European lenders, while some central bankers say it boosted loan growth.
- Martin Arnold and Kana Inagaki
August 2022
Why you won’t hear Italy’s next PM say the F-word
Giorgia Meloni is burying her party’s fascist roots and focusing instead on the cost of living crisis, as she looks to become Italy’s first female prime minister.
- Nick Squires
Mario Draghi isn’t coming to Italy’s rescue any more
The sooner the Italian Democratic Party realises it can’t ride on the technocrat’s coattails, the better its chances will be in next month’s vote.
- Maria Tadeo
July 2022
Europe’s fight to stay united over war in Ukraine
The EU has shown solidarity against Russia’s invasion, but with soaring inflation, a cost of living crisis and possible energy rationing, leaders now face a daunting test.
- Guy Chazan, Sam Fleming and Amy Kazmin
Right-winger Giorgia Meloni likely to be Italy’s first female PM
Of concern for many in the EU is her staunch Euroscepticism, but she seems ready to capitalise on it in election campaigning
- Sofia Barbarani
Economic storm clouds gather over Europe
The ECB jacked up interest rates, the Italian PM quit and triggered an election – and bond markets reeled. The risk of a new eurozone crisis is growing.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
Draghi resigns as PM, throwing Italy into political chaos
His resignation brings an end to a government seen to have had a once-in-a-generation opportunity to unlock the nation’s economic potential and set it on a higher growth trajectory.
- Updated
- Amy Kazmin
ECB to join rate rise camp, BoJ stands firm
The European Central Bank is preparing to raise interest rates for the first time in more than a decade on Thursday in an effort to arrest crippling inflation nearing double-digits.
- Cecile Lefort
Italy thrown into chaos as Draghi’s coalition abandons him
The prime minister’s plan to strong-arm his fractious coalition allies into line failed, effectively ending the unity government he’s run since February 2021.
- Updated
- Chiara Albanese and Alessandro Speciale
ECB wrestles with an impossible situation
The European Central Bank is about to raise rates for the first time in 11 years to curb record inflation. But that could deepen Germany’s energy crisis or trigger an Italian debt bomb.
- Martin Arnold and Sam Fleming