Finance & economics | Global market turmoil
Saudi-Russian price war sends oil and stockmarkets crashing
A collapse in the oil price spooks investors already nervous about covid-19
|HONG KONG AND NEW YORK
Editor’s note (March 9th 2020): This article has been updated to include market reactions
Trump faces a trillion-dollar tariff disappointment
Revenues from border levies will be lower than he expects
Economists are as confused as Trump about taxing the rich
Forget technocracy. The top rate is set by gut instinct
Is the market up or down? Republicans and Democrats disagree
Retail investing suffers from partisanship
China has got lucky with Trump. Can the rest of the world?
Progress in trade talks has so far been slow
How the Chinese Communist Party learnt to love villages
It wants people to move to cities. And the countryside
Poland: the ignored stockmarket superstar
Why the country’s shares are going gangbusters