Politics

Private consumption growth has been slow relative to pre-pandemic average growth levels.

Quality of education is a powerful predictor of a nation’s wealth in the long run.

We’ve had a powerful, if brief, reminder of how much havoc even one bloke might wreak on our energy system

The only other candidate so far is Leader of the Commons, Penny Mordaunt.

Truss said her government should have “laid the ground better”

Political parties are expected to produce new ideas and policy plans, which a one-man show or family enterprise is unlikely to do.

(Dec 27): Domestic politics, geopolitics and economics will be intertwined in 2020 to an extent unmatched in decades. Weak economic performance and problematic governance in much of the world risk setting in motion a vicious circle: Adverse economic outco

SINGAPORE (Nov 11): In August, the Business Roundtable, which comprises the CEOs of the US’ largest companies — with combined annual revenues of more than US$7 trillion ($9.5 trillion) — updated its long-standing statement regarding corporate purpos

(June 11): Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam vowed on Monday to push ahead with amendments to laws allowing suspects to be extradited to mainland China, a day after the city’s biggest protest since its handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997.