Opinion

Saturday 30/January/2016 15:06 PM

Reasons for the fearful to be fearful of gold

The stock market's worst January coincides with a chorus of predictions that the fall of gold has reached bottom from its lofty peak in 2011. Gold is...

Saturday 30/January/2016 14:46 PM

US shocks Russia by calling Putin corrupt

Dmitry Peskov, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, complained Friday about the "active use of the Russian theme and the subject of Putin in the...

Saturday 30/January/2016 14:36 PM

The coming wave of oil refugees

The idea that oil wealth can be a curse is an old one – and it should need no explaining. Every few decades, energy prices rise to the heavens, kicking...

Friday 29/January/2016 15:36 PM

Immigration into the welfare state

The armed conflict destabilising some Arab countries has unleashed a huge wave of refugees headed for Europe. About 1.1 million came to Germany alone in...

Friday 29/January/2016 15:16 PM

China’s bumpy new normal

China’s shift from export-driven growth to a model based on domestic services and household consumption has been much bumpier than some anticipated, with...