As best I can tell, America’s 79th Treasury Secretary is unique in one key respect: none of Scott Bessent’s 78 predecessors ...

Now that President Donald Trump has finally announced that his pick for Fed chair is Kevin Warsh, it’s time to anoint the ...

Warsh is often thought of as a hawkish candidate for the Fed chairmanship, but it may reflect political opportunism more than ...

Donald Trump has nominated Kevin Warsh to serve as chair of the Federal Reserve after Jay Powell steps down in May this year.

Kevin Warsh, the initial odds-on favourite to become the new Federal Reserve chair, was spurned all season by the fickle boss ...

There are cleverer ways of shorting gold if I had more bells and whistles at my disposal, though. I could buy put options on gold futures or even on gold ETFs. Perhaps there are forward contracts or ...

US President Donald Trump has warned Sir Keir Starmer that it is “very dangerous” to build closer business ties with China, after the UK prime minister hailed “strong” relations with Beijing on a trip ...

Trump’s pick will take the reins of the world’s top central bank during one of the most consequential periods in its history ...

The Oscar winner on the liberating power of film, what Hollywood still has to offer — and realising his 20-year ambition to produce and star in his own ‘Hamlet’ ...

Kurdish military and civilian institutions will gradually join Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government following weeks of fighting ...

The German economy remains deeply troubled and just 0.5 per cent bigger in real terms than before the pandemic. Hope of a recovery this year is being led by an aggressive fiscal expansion into ...

China is lifting its travel ban on MPs and peers who criticised the country’s human rights record and will allow all British ...