As a corruption scandal rumbles on, Brazil struggles to emerge from recession. Where's a commodity boom when you need one?

Warnings about rising debt have not gone down well with China's leaders. But without some drastic action a similar crash to the west's 2008 will become increasingly likely

Is the "Trump trade" toast? It remains to be seen whether scandal will prevent the president enacting his economic policies.

Labour’s plan to raise income tax on £80,000 earners doesn’t cut it

The US government believes that tax cuts will be self-funding. The evidence does not support this

“The household savings rate has already slumped, consumer credit and instalment debt are rising, employment levels look maxed out, and real incomes are flat or falling”

It is tied to May’s Brexit game plan

If the US president expects significant economic climb-downs this week, he’ll be disappointed

Without a Brexit deal, we could find that we’ve walked off a cliff

The good news won’t last forever