Economics

Beijing’s recent GDP downgrade shows that it is serious about fixing its data problem.

Rising local debt is making the Chinese economy even more fragile.

Many fear a go-it-alone future outside the EU portends economic eclipse.

One consequence of leaving the EU that Brexiteers forgot to reckon with? Nationwide toilet paper shortages.

The administration talks up progress in “historic” trade talks, but an agreement remains elusive.

Rather than rushing to punish Hezbollah, the United States should be shoring up the country’s new government to avoid state collapse.

Nigeria shows that economic growth combined with rising inequality won’t lift people out of poverty. The country’s next government should heed the lesson.

The famously permissive Dutch city is cracking down on prostitution, relocating sex workers, and discriminating against those employed in the industry.

Life may be getting harder in Russia, but Putin doesn’t care.

Trump taps a critic of the world’s biggest development bank to be its next president.

Inside the U.S. decision to get behind Congo’s election and how the United States failed Afghan women.

The Central Bank of Iran wants to take four zeros off the rial—but redenomination won’t work miracles.

Beijing is preparing another massive stimulus, but the economy is visibly running out of steam.

The world’s most powerful economic elites are using anti-globalist rhetoric to help turbocharge globalization—and enrich themselves.

Saudi Arabia is making a very risky bet that it can become an international tourist destination.

The EU’s terms for talks could herald another trade setback for Trump.

The next president of the world’s largest development organization needs to chart a new direction for a new era.

The trade war and new U.S. regulations aimed at China are major factors.

Despite inequality, debt, and a tariff war, the U.S. economy is still the strongest.

Five Reads: The best Foreign Policy stories of 2018 on China.