Europe’s economic prosperity is “geared towards a world that is gradually disappearing”, Christine Lagarde said on Friday, imploring the bloc’s policymakers to finally overcome “years

On January 3rd it will have been 17 years since Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous founder of bitcoin, first unveiled the cryptocurrency. The most popular digital

A day after Thursday’s anxiety-inducing fake out, Friday turned into Redemption Day on Wall Street.The Dow ended the day 493 points higher, or 1.08%, after

The U.K. autumn budget on Wednesday will take center stage in the week ahead. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves is expected to announce tax rises to fix the

In normal times the year ahead would look like a good one in which to hold government bonds. Central banks, including America’s Federal Reserve, have

AI-generated videos set in the 1990s and 1980s have been popping up on social media this year. In them, teenagers hang out in video shops,

The euro-area economy will maintain its moderate expansion after weathering Donald Trump’s tariff turmoil better than expected, according to the European Commission. Output will rise

Since 2020, commodity markets have been drunk on adrenaline as pandemic-era disruptions, Trump tantrums, war and sanctions rocked supply and demand. In 2026 a general

Google’s ultra-private CEO Sundar Pichai is showing me around Googleplex, its California headquarters. A walkway runs along the length of it, passing by a giant

The Bank of England’s proposals to stem any rapid deposit outflow as consumers and businesses increasingly hold crypto assets is largely counter-productive, a Treasury committee