FRANKFURT, Germany — Even as Ukraine celebrates current battlefield victories, its government faces a looming challenge on the economical entrance: how to pay the monumental price tag of the war effort and hard work without triggering out-of-manage price spikes for regular individuals or piling up credit card debt that could […]
Year: 2022
KHN — When Louana Joseph’s son had a seizure because of an upper respiratory infection in July, she abandoned the apartment her family had called home for nearly three years. She suspected the gray and brown splotches spreading through the apartment were mold and had caused her son’s illness. Mold […]
Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America by Maggie Haberman, Mudlark £25 During the Trump presidency, Maggie Haberman of the New York Times established herself as the leading Trump-watcher — managing to report unsparingly on the president, while maintaining a relationship with him. Now she […]
The global economy is headed for a severe recession, Mohamed El-Erian has warned. The economist expects “more uncertainty in the future as shocks grow more frequent and more violent”. The recession will be drawn-out rather than “short and shallow”, he added. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access […]
Sierra Leone’s president has defended his decision to spend almost a quarter of the national budget on education, saying the country cannot develop unless all children go to school. Speaking to the Guardian, Julius Maada Bio admitted that allocating 1.7tn leones (£80m) this year for its ambitious educational reform programme […]
It’s a grab bag of economic data this week in a period marked by Thanksgiving and a half day on Black Friday, when consumers and investors alike will try to take advantage of bargain hunting for Christmas gifts. Whether the economy and Wall Street will be in a holiday mood […]