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Should you sell your US stocks?
The turbulent events of 2025 and early 2026 have dealt a blow to the concept of US exceptionalism, but the US stock market is still going strong
By Dan McEvoy Last updated
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What turns a stock market crash into a financial crisis?
Opinion Professor Linda Yueh's popular book on major stock market crashes misses key lessons, says Max King
By Max King Published
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ISA reforms will destroy the last relic of the Thatcher era
Opinion With the ISA under attack, the Labour government has now started to destroy the last relic of the Thatcher era, returning the economy to the dysfunctional 1970s
By Matthew Lynn Published
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Why does Trump want Greenland?
The US wants to annex Greenland as it increasingly sees the world in terms of 19th-century Great Power politics and wants to secure crucial national interests
By Simon Wilson Published
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22 January 1979: Public sector strike cripples Britain
Features On this day in 1979, thousands of public sector workers downed tools over the Labour government's unpopular policy to tackle inflation.
By Chris Carter Last updated
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UK inflation live: Inflation rose to 3.4% in December
The UK's Consumer Price Index (CPI) measure of inflation rose by 3.4% in the 12 months to December, in part due to rising airfare and tobacco prices
By Dan McEvoy Last updated
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Nobel laureate Philippe Aghion reveals the key to GDP growth
Interview According to Nobel laureate Philippe Aghion, competition is the key to innovation, productivity and growth – here's what this implies for Europe and Britain
By Dr Matthew Partridge Published
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'Investors should brace for Trump’s great inflation'
Opinion Donald Trump's actions against Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell will likely stoke rising prices. Investors should prepare for the worst, says Matthew Lynn
By Matthew Lynn Published
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The state of Iran’s economy – and why people are protesting
Iran has long been mired in an economic crisis that is part of a wider systemic failure. Do the protests show a way out?
By Simon Wilson Published
