The economic consequences of the war in Gaza have so far been very limited. The oil price has been well-behaved, all things considered.
But that war is shaping up to be a forever war. That's the logical conclusion that flows from observing two sides committed to the other's destruction.
If the war costs Biden the election then another logical conclusion is that the great Bidenomics experiment is over. There is a lot of doubt about the fiscal sustainability of Biden's economic program but not enough recognition is given to its phenomenal success.
We discuss the incredibly hard hitting article by Martin Wolf that lays out how the US is heading for despotism and how we are, indeed, all heading for disaster if Trump is elected. It's scary stuff.
Everything is connected to everything else. Macron really is right.
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'After taking the pin out, you are supposed to throw the grenade'. Is the UK really in worse political shape than the US?
"Stop the world, we want to get off": SF takes offence at the 'militarisation of the EU'. A poor month for the Irish consumer. REal wage growth might come to the rescue.
A rare opportunity to do the strategically right thing and reap political dividends: a budget for housing, not tax cuts.
Economic PTSD? EU economy growing again. US economy accelerates? Stock market reaction to Nvidia humbles analysts
Interest rates likely to fall next month - in the EU at least. But does the ECB know what it is doing? Nvidia & the nuttiness of stock markets.
Politics & opinion polls in Ireland, UK & US. Why are Sinn Fein suffering because of immigration? Have they lost vital momentum?
Is immigration just one of those unsolvable problems? Biden's EV tariffs repeat the mistakes of the 1970s
Is the liberal world order really about to collapse? Or should we take cheer from 'The Curse of The Economist"
Has Robert Kennedy JR's brain been eaten by a worm? Could it be responsible for his conspiracy theories. Do protests work?
Unemployment edges up on both sides of the Atlantic. UK election results show Sunak up as a hopeless politician he really can't do politics.
An ex-UK Cabinet Minister suggests bussing refugees to the Irish border in order to show the "pious" Irish government who is the boss.
If war is coming to Europe, is membership of the EU and neutrality mutually inconsistent?
What will the next generation think of us? Taking the other side of IMF forecast bets.
Irish house prices up again. Time to change the global growth narrative? Markets, the IMF & The Economist all have bought into stronger growth & higher interest rates.
Will Ireland go Dutch? Prolonged coalition negotiations likely if no party gets more than 30% of the GE vote.
It's beginning to look a lot like the 1930s
Higher for longer US interest rates = higher for longer mortgage rates in Ireland and U.K.
Irish reunification: the costs and other issues - many that haven't even been thought about
Getting ready for war in Europe? Competing narrative fallacies about markets.
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