COVID-19 will hit US GDP but recovery may be V-shaped

The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on financial markets, firms and households will sharply reduce second-quarter GDP

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Putin plan easier to sell to Russian elite than public

The president has not said he will remain, but making it an option stymies any would-be successor

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Slovenian politics is polarising, as nationalist conservatives and neo-socialists threaten liberal parties' monopoly

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The COVID-19 outbreak will cause closures and product shortages and reduce profits for producers and their supply chains

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More Chinese people of both sexes are unmarried and childless

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Market volatility has altered but not halted plans for the government to buy the top lender from its own central bank

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Government attempts to crack down on illegal gold mining and trading may slow, but not stop, the growth of the sector

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The coronavirus will cut oil demand in 2020, accentuating longer trends that point to oil demand peaking in the 2030s

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Recent research shows that US business concentration reduces dynamism, lending credibility to calls for more competition

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The CDU is likely to take only a moderate shift to the right for fear of losing centrist voters

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