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Immigration is surging, with big economic consequences

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The West faces an unprecedented number of new arrivals http://dlvr.it/T6DkYp

Japan will struggle to rescue its plummeting currency

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Expensive government intervention looks likely to provide only brief respite http://dlvr.it/T6B60H

Chinese authorities are now addicted to traffic fines

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What that tells you about the country’s economic woes http://dlvr.it/T60dxh

Is inflation morally wrong?

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Workers think so. Economists disagree http://dlvr.it/T60DXP

Why a stronger dollar is dangerous

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It sets the stage for a nasty new Trump-China clash, among other things http://dlvr.it/T5vtCW

How American politics has infected investing

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Beware: taking a stand can be expensive http://dlvr.it/T5pw0K

Can the IMF solve the poor world’s debt crisis?

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The fund will freeze out China if that is what it takes to offer relief http://dlvr.it/T5gMwS

Frozen Russian assets will soon pay for Ukraine’s war

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And America now hopes to convince others to make better use of the stash http://dlvr.it/T5gMdn

Wall Street’s biggest loser at last looks to be on the up

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An unexpected turnaround at Citigroup http://dlvr.it/T5gMMD

Why the stockmarket is disappearing

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Large companies such as ByteDance, OpenAI and Stripe are staying private http://dlvr.it/T5gM0S

Even without war in the Gulf, pricier petrol is here to stay

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Expensive oil could put Donald Trump in the White House http://dlvr.it/T5dhQy

Generation Z is unprecedentedly rich

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Millennials were poorer at this stage in their lives. So were baby-boomers http://dlvr.it/T5bXHL

China’s better economic growth hides reasons to worry

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The country’s leaders are too complacent about deflation http://dlvr.it/T5Zpkw

How fast is India’s economy really growing?

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Statisticians take the country’s figures with a pinch of salt http://dlvr.it/T5Mjrd

Ukrainian drone strikes are hurting Russia’s oil industry

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The world’s third-largest producer is now an importer of petrol http://dlvr.it/T5MLtm

China’s state is eating the private property market

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Pity those soon to buy a home http://dlvr.it/T5MLZD

When will Americans see those interest-rate cuts?

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Following another nasty surprise, some wonder if it may be after the presidential election http://dlvr.it/T5LNK2

Would America dare to bring down a Chinese bank?

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Janet Yellen promises sanctions for those supporting Vladimir Putin’s war http://dlvr.it/T5L4Lv

The rich world faces nightmare budget deficits

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That includes America, where Biden and Trump are promising more tax cuts http://dlvr.it/T5Hx5f

Welcome to an artificial-intelligence Utopia

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What will humans do if technology solves everything? http://dlvr.it/T5HKHC

Will FTX’s customers be repaid?

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As Sam Bankman-Fried is locked up, his erstwhile depositors await their fate http://dlvr.it/T53db0

The Federal Reserve cleans up its money-printing mess

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It wants to avoid upsetting markets, and is so far succeeding http://dlvr.it/T53dFy

Daniel Kahneman was a master of teasing questions

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How a psychologist transformed economics http://dlvr.it/T53csJ

Wanted: a new economics writer

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An opportunity to join the staff of The Economist http://dlvr.it/T51Slm