Jyske Bank, Denmark's third-largest bank, said this week that customers would now be able to take out a 10-year fixed-rate mortgage with an interest rate of -0.5%.

Will Martin · Business Insider 15 Aug 2019

Geo-economics

Can we create an empathic alternative to the capitalist system?

The current focus on individual advancement and success, rather than shared prosperity, is destroying our planet.

Murilo Johas Menezes 08 Aug 2019

Geopolitics

What Japan in the Reiwa era can teach policymakers around the world

Japan’s common-sense approach to foreign policy offers a valuable example for countries who want to stay relevant in a low-growth world, argues Alexis Crowe of the Atlantic Council ...

Atlantic Council 06 Aug 2019

European Union

Unease about the US-China trade war concerns economists

The growth outlook for almost 90% of more than 45 economies polled by Reuters was either downgraded or left unchanged, revealing increasing pessimism.

Shrutee Sarkar · Reuters 06 Aug 2019

China

How the one-party state may shape our future

What are the chances of China turning the next three decades into a narrative as powerful as its story since 1978?

Chatham House 02 Aug 2019

Financial and Monetary Systems

5 things weighing on the world economy, according to the IMF

The IMF cut its global growth forecast in its latest World Economic Outlook. Here’s a glimpse at what’s going on.

Rosamond Hutt 31 Jul 2019

Switzerland

Chart of the Day: These are the world’s most innovative economies

Switzerland has been named the world’s most innovative economy for the ninth year in a row.

Rosamond Hutt 30 Jul 2019

Geo-economics

The world’s poor are falling behind – we need bold action to help them catch up

With the entire world's economy at a brink, the recovery of poorer countries has become less likely.

Ceyla Pazarbasioglu · Project Syndicate 28 Jun 2019

Global Governance

What the Women's World Cup can teach us about capitalism

It seems as though the world is facing an increasingly polarised choice between closed-market nationalism and anti-prosperity socialism - which is why it's time to make the case for capi...

Stanley Bergman 24 Jun 2019

Education, Gender and Work

Industrial robots are bringing jobs back home, but not for low-skilled workers

As the use of robots increases, higher education and training need to be offered to employees to better prepare them for change in labour markets.

Astrid Krenz, Klaus Prettner, and Holger Strulik · LSE Business Review 21 Jun 2019

European Union

12 years of European economic growth, in just two maps

New research looks at economic growth in Europe from 2003 to 2015, looks at overall performance and then benchmarked against potential.

Zsolt Darvas, Jan Mazza, and Catarina Midoes · Bruegel 18 Jun 2019

Aviation, Travel and Tourism

Chinese tourists spent $250 billion in 2017

Outbound Chinese tourists spent nearly a quarter of a trillion US dollars in 2017 - around a fifth of the global total.

Agne Blazyte · Statista 17 Jun 2019

Future of Economic Progress

Christine Lagarde: How to help, not hinder global growth

By harnessing the 'Fukuoka spirit' of openness, policymakers can help remove the stumbling blocks and set the global economy on a more durable and inclusive path.

Christine Lagarde · IMF Blog 06 Jun 2019