Is Switzerland headed for a crisis?

The past year has shown how geopolitical disruptions can simultaneously raise risk levels and generate new opportunities across sectors. Trade fragmentation, intensifying strategic competition in technology, and pressure on supply chains have made...

China’s export-driven economic model is sharpening a trade-off western policymakers know all too well: shielding domestic industry usually comes at the cost of higher prices. Politicians face an uncomfortable choice: disappoint voters worried abou...

When European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde warns that Europe’s “old growth model” has aged and its reliance on exports is now a “vulnerability”, it is worth listening. Central bank heads rarely use such choice language. In an eye-openi...

They threaten traditional car industries but are good for consumers and bring investments. The region will have to recalibrate its strategy. This is the third in a limited Opinion series on the Chinese economy. The first on the squeezed middle cla...

In a world fractured by rival empires and the rise of protectionist ideologies, Europe remains an exception: a continent of stability, rules and trust. Too often described as a museum of past glories, it has in fact become the most prosperous, equ...