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Martin Wolf In fact, though, the ratio of trade to GDP in China has actually fallen quite a bit from an extraordinarily high level in about 2007, just before the financial crisis, to one that is more ...

FT survey finds ‘large fiscal capacity’, but economists urge would-be chancellor Friedrich Merz to spend funds wisely ...

For example, as of the fourth quarter, Helocs totalled just under $400bn, roughly 2 per cent of tappable home equity. At its peak in the third quarter of 2009, home equity credit as a percentage of ...

Artis Finance, a recently collapsed invoice-finance firm majority-owned by TDR Capital executives, has told its lenders that key documents it sent them “misrepresented” the health of its portfolio.

The Lagos of my childhood was thrilling for trips to the beach and dancing with cousins at family parties while uncles and aunties pressed crisp naira notes against my forehead; it was the land of ...

What happens in the White House over the next four years may influence financial markets for decades to come. Retirees, like most investors, are looking for places to hedge against increased political ...

Acquisition activity among Britain’s banks has been muted since the 2008 financial crisis, when Royal Bank of Scotland became an advertisement for how not to do M&A: collapsing after the €71bn ...

The structure has failed to take off in the US, but some argue it could broaden the European active ETF market ...

In Lucky Boy, an affecting and discomforting four-part podcast from Tortoise Media, reporter Chloe Hadjimatheou tells of the relationship that would go on to derail Gareth’s life. Now in his fifties, ...

Kasia Broussalian Mark Carney will replace Justin Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister. The country’s Liberal party made the announcement yesterday after a leadership vote.

Canada’s Liberal party selects a new leader, and US President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Justice Department’s antitrust division is turning heads on Wall Street. Plus, US startups are raising ...