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Martin Wolf

Reporter · IE

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Oct 1, 2026
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Jul 4, 2026

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Martin Wolf

    Is the world really drowning in debt? (opens the original)

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    Gross global debt reached $365 trillion (€321 trillion), or 311 per cent of global gross domestic product (GDP), in the first half of 2026, according to the latest from the Institute for International Finance (IIF). Should we be worried? The IIF thinks so, pointing out that “Mature market governments now spend more on interest expense than the world invests in either AI [artificial intelligence], defence, or energy” and “Debt has become more a political issue than a macro-financial one â

  2. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Martin Wolf

    The war between Donald Trump and the Fed (opens the original)

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    Last week, the US Federal Reserve made the decision to raise the federal funds rate, for the first time in three years, by a quarter of a percentage point to a range of 3.75 per cent to 4 per cent. This was sensible, indeed overdue, given its consistent failure to hit the inflation target. US president Donald Trump responded with predictable fury, stating that “Interest Rates in the United States should be 1%, or less, because we are the Best Credit in the World — BY FAR”, though he did al

  3. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Martin Wolf

    The wheels are coming off the US world order (opens the original)

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    On August 16th, Donald Trump announced a substantial reduction in joint military exercises with South Korea. On August 19th, he announced what came, five days later, to be called “Operation Economic Outcast” against Iran, defined as an effort to “sever the economic lifelines that sustain the Iranian regime”. On August 21st, US trade talks with Canada collapsed, after the Americans made new demands that would limit Canada’s freedom to make trade deals with other countries and keep its r

  4. Article · Jul 24, 2026 · Martin Wolf

    Who will win the war of neo-mercantilists? (opens the original)

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    We are living in a mercantilist era. By this I mean one in which the concerns of policymakers are as much those of security as of prosperity. This, as I argued in The dangerous triumph of neo-mercantilism, threatens both the stability of the world economy and relations among great powers. China is also better suited to mercantilism than the US and European Union (EU). Mercantilists seek power and security or, in other words, the ability to bully others and resist being bullied by them in turn. H

  5. Article · Jul 17, 2026 · Martin Wolf

    Is the US or Europe better off? (opens the original)

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    The general view, not just in the US, is that the contemporary European economy is a dying duck. As the Nobel laureate Paul Krugman notes in a recent Substack on this question, which builds in turn on important earlier work by Seth Ackerman, “there is ... a widespread perception that Europe is living off its past glories, that it is lagging behind America and China in ways that will undermine its ability to maintain its economic standing in the world”. Indeed, just this fear animates reports

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