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The dire effects of the second wave will linger. And the pandemic is not over yet THE SYMPTOMS are a peculiar mix. They include sluggishness, a general malaise, depression and [...]

The game of brinkmanship continues to the very end THE pattern has become familiar: a late-night austerity vote in the Greek parliament, a riot in the square outside. This time, [...]

WAS it only a year ago? The yellow forklift trucks were on the White House lawn; Bill Clinton and Al Gore, faces as yet unlined by the near-death of health-care [...]

It was never supposed to fall on the Defence Department itself IN THE summer of 2010 Admiral Mike Mullen, then still chairman of America's joint chiefs of staff, said that [...]

California offers a warning to voters all over the world CALIFORNIA is once again nearing the end of its fiscal year with a huge budget hole and no hope of [...]

Sorting out America's fiscal mess is relatively simple. What's needed is political courage LAST week Asia, this week Europe: no wonder Barack Obama has been to so many foreign summits [...]

The chancellor has already announced what may turn out to be the most important spending cut ON OCTOBER 20th the suspense will end. George Osborne will disclose where the spending [...]

Thanks to the new austerity, the complexion of Scottish politics is changing ALEX SALMOND'S has always been a high-wire act. First minister of devolved Scotland since 2007 in a minority [...]

Throughout the rich world battle lines are being drawn in the coming fight over deficit reduction WHEN friends go out to dinner, the convivial atmosphere can be shattered once the [...]

Neither the president nor Congress shows any sign of knowing how to tackle the deficit IT WAS never reasonable to expect that Barack Obama's budget proposal, delivered to Congress on [...]

The ins and outs of stimulus packages PASSENGERS pose for photographs in front of the bulbous "Harmony" train, which will whisk them from Beijing through neighbouring Hebei Province at almost [...]

The more China spends, the more it saves HOW hot is Hohhot? A city of 1.5m and counting, Hohhot is the capital of Inner Mongolia, the fastest-growing region in China. [...]

You'll pay for it A mighty dust-up awaits the president's plan for cap-and-trade AMERICA'S hard-nosed politicians are not always moved by lofty rhetoric, but talk about money normally gets them [...]

America's commitment to budget discipline is a sham WHEN George Bush was re-elected last November, he promised fiscal discipline. With the dollar sliding sharply, Mr Bush and his Treasury Secretary, [...]