The Economist Finance

Shenzhen becomes the first Chinese city to offer personal bankruptcy protection

Some Nigerian investors worry that the excitement is overdone

Italy’s have the furthest to fall. And it is coming into the fold

Income inequality is a big part of the answer

Our Wall Street correspondent participates

Depending on where you look, the economic recovery is either on track or in trouble

The return to economic normality will be arduous

Companies and investors hope to avert losses to climate catastrophes

The formula for success cannot simply be copied across from America or China

We look at happy meals in unhappy places

In times of high debt, the divisions between the two become hazy

A study finds that budgets typically overrun by 172%

Rich countries may soon find out if economic scars were avoided, or merely deferred

The bank will now aim for inflation of 2%, rather than “close to, but below, 2%.”

A small number of huge price rises are dragging up the headline rate

The evidence so far is muddy, and points to at most a small effect

Its generosity depends on what rich countries do with their allocations

Bumper earnings are already in the bag. Now costs are rising, and growth could be slowing

Firms’ expansion plans and investors’ search for returns bring a blizzard of deals and listings

Bankers are confident the good times will last. Investors are less sure