Inflation nation: The Fed raises rates, again

Inflation nation: The Fed raises rates, again

America’s Federal Reserve made its third straight 0.75% interest-rate hike, with Jerome Powell, the Fed’s chair, warning that more hikes would follow. But with inflation still high, and labour markets still tight, is the Fed doing all it can? A new report suggests that forced labour and marriage are on the rise around the world. And reflecting on one man’s long search for extraterrestrial life. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer

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Hell hath no fury: a look inside Iran’s protests

Hell hath no fury: a look inside Iran’s protests

Unrest is only spreading and the authorities trying to quell it are looking increasingly desperate. We hear from one protester among many who are racked by fear but motivated by hope. The leader of th...

18 Loka 202226min

Helmsman’s high water: China’s Communist Party Congress

Helmsman’s high water: China’s Communist Party Congress

State media have taken to calling President Xi Jinping “the helmsman”; at the five-yearly meeting he defended his means of steering the country. We ask how to read between his tightly prepared lines. ...

17 Loka 202222min

Witness self-protection programme? Trump and the Capitol riot inquiry

Witness self-protection programme? Trump and the Capitol riot inquiry

The former president may well ignore the January 6th committee’s summons; the whole affair may be unceremoniously shut down next year. But that is not to say the process has been in vain. Russia’s int...

14 Loka 202227min

Gilt trip: Liz Truss’s hobbled leadership

Gilt trip: Liz Truss’s hobbled leadership

Paroxysms in the market for gilts—British-government bonds that were once safe-haven assets—reveal just how wounded the new government’s plans have left it. Cuba is experiencing the worst economic cri...

13 Loka 202226min

Don kingmaker: Trump and the midterms

Don kingmaker: Trump and the midterms

The latest instalment of our series asks how much difference Donald Trump’s imprimatur has made to candidates—and whether that influence will carry over to a general election. A look at South African ...

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Help them, Obi: one hopeful candidate in Nigeria

Help them, Obi: one hopeful candidate in Nigeria

Our correspondent meets with Peter Obi, who has a handsome poll lead and an appeal that spans the country’s religions and ethnicities. But his presidential bid still faces obstacles. Myanmar’s ruling ...

11 Loka 202225min

Crimea and punishment: Russia’s reprisals

Crimea and punishment: Russia’s reprisals

An attack on the Kerch bridge—a pet project of President Vladimir Putin that links Russia with annexed Crimea—has prompted a swift and brutal response. We ask what is likely to happen next. We examine...

10 Loka 202223min

The gains in Ukraine: stalled Russia plainly wanes

The gains in Ukraine: stalled Russia plainly wanes

Ukraine’s army has pushed Russian forces back in the south and east. We ask how they’ve managed to make such impressive gains so quickly, whether more could follow and what Russia’s reaction might be....

7 Loka 202224min

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