John Authers

Insurance, health care and pension funds are struggling with political institutions in a world that’s living and working longer

The Federal Reserve has demonstrated that it is relying on data to make interest-rate decisions

The impact of a population stretching the limits of longevity, combined with a falling birth rate, will increasingly be felt in the global economy

The product of a zero-inflation upbringing in Japan, the baseball star has signed a contract that will be an MBA case study long after he retires

A world of falling cooperation and rising political polarisation is a world of higher interest rates where valuations matter again 

And comparison with old rival Greece is an instructive study in pain management, currency independence, and electoral outcomes

The great expectations laid on companies at the outset of the pandemic have turned into pitiless correction over any weakness