The Federal Reserve is doing what markets want – so why aren’t they going up?

The US president gears up for negotiations with budgets that have no hope of passing. Emily Hohler reports.

US congressman Beto O’Rourke has announced his candidacy for the presidency and he’s off to a flying start.

Thailand’s election will be flawed, but it’s a step forward. Matthew Partridge reports.

New sales techniques, online influencers and structural trends such as growing consumption in emerging markets all bode well for the beauty industry, says Stephen Connolly.

At its latest meeting, the Federal Reserve surprised everyone by being even more dovish than expected. But markets aren’t exactly roaring ahead. John Stepek explains why.

Book review: Austerity
A look at a wide number of case studies to gauge the efficacy of various austerity programmes over the last four decades.

Book review: Dangerous Hero
Tom Bower’s biography of Jeremy Corbyn book details his personal and political lives, from his childhood to becoming Labour leader in one of the “great accidents of political history”.

Book review: The Ultimate ETF Guidebook
How ETFs evolved from simple funds that tracked the main indices to more complex smart-beta funds that attempt to beat the market.

Uranium is viewed with suspicion by the public, but it’s an essential part of global energy production – and we are set for a shortage. Dominic Frisby explains how to invest.

There are ways for small businesses to mitigate the effect of increased costs of higher pension contributions.

Asil Nadir systematically falsified the books of his company, Polly Peck, exaggerating profits and sales and making off with millions of pounds of investors’ money.

Overseas investors who put down deposits as high as 80% on property developments have been left struggling to get their money back when the buildings failed to materialise.