Without reserves: Bolivia faces an economic c...

Air strikes and border raids have turned cross-border tensions into hot conflict. We ask what raised the temperature, and whether the Iran war may act to lower it. Meanwhile that war’s oil shock brings with it fears of rising inflation; we examine how recent disruptions might inf ...  Show more

As the war in Iran progresses, none of the options available to Donald Trump looks good. We examine each of them. Thailand’s Buddhist monks are implicated in lots of lawless and dodgy behaviour—but clearing out the bad apples is more complicated than it seems. And gene-editing co ...  Show more

AS A GAS // As a gas producer, the state was able to build up enormous reserves. But failing to pivot when global prices fell has created debt, a <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2023/04/18/bolivia-is-on-the-brink-of-an-economic-crisis?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medi ...

Markets seem to think the worst is over; central bankers are <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/02/16/inflation-will-be-harder-to-bring-down-than-markets-think?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.a ...

America’s central bank raised rates by .75% yesterday—the biggest increase in almost 30 years. Whether that will help tame rising prices without ...  Show more

Jusqu’à 5 % en Italie, 3,6 % en France, 3 % en Allemagne… Les taux d’intérêt atteignent des niveaux qui n’avaient pas été enregistrés depuis la crise de la zone euro au début des années 2010. Or, cette fois-ci, cette flambée n’est pas le résultat d’une crise, mais ...  Show more