Gillian Tett
Trump’s climate tirade will not stop the new ESG
The US president’s assault on the green energy ‘scam’ is part of the struggle with China for global economic hegemony
Interest rates are a sideshow in the battle over the Fed’s future
Trump and his economic advisers want to narrow the central bank’s mission dramatically
The psychology of CEO loyalty to Trump
C-suites are conspicuously silent in the face of the president’s policy surprises
Threats to the Fed go beyond firing Powell
‘Populist authoritarian’ blogger Curtis Yarvin’s ideas are going ever more mainstream in Trump’s Washington – and investors should be worried
Trump is sowing confusion in the markets
While the behaviour of bonds suggests a downturn, American stocks are at record highs
Gold glitters as mistrust spreads
Calls for European governments to repatriate the bullion they store in the US are a sign of something bigger
There’s a ticking time bomb in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful Bill’
Investors are fretting about a clause that would penalise foreign holders of US assets
Welcome to the new age of geoeconomics
Tech, trade, finance and military policies are mingling in a manner not seen during the neoliberal era
Tariffs on goods may be a prelude to tariffs on money
Capital inflows could be the Trump administration’s next target
Cheap money’s distortions remain, not least in life insurance
As the US Federal Reserve cuts rates, markets are rallying – but there are long-term risks from experiments