John Rapley

John Rapley is an author and academic who divides his time between London, Johannesburg and Ottawa. His books include Why Empires Fall: Rome, America and the Future of the West (with Peter Heather, Penguin, 2023) and Twilight of the Money Gods: Economics as a religion (Simon & Schuster, 2017).

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France’s downgraded credit rating spells trouble for the West Rising interest rates are hampering efforts to rein in deficit spending

16 Dec 2024

Bitcoin boom could lead to a heavy crash The cryptocurrency rally is showing the signs of a pyramid scheme

06 Dec 2024

Trump’s tariff threat could boost Brics It bolsters those who are already calling to abandon the dollar

02 Dec 2024

US tariffs could crush the European stock market The continent's divergence from the S&P 500 is growing

18 Nov 2024

Are the bond vigilantes finally coming for America? Investors are anticipating an asset bubble and rising inflation

07 Nov 2024

Has Rachel Reeves triggered a gilt yield panic? Bond markets have reacted badly to her Budget

31 Oct 2024

Could China rescue Europe from Trump’s tariffs? A stimulus boost in Beijing may raise demand for foreign products

29 Oct 2024

EU inertia provides an opening for populists Central bankers are running out of ideas

22 Oct 2024

Will China launch its own Marshall Plan? Beijing is looking to tackle its spiralling deflation

15 Oct 2024

Will extreme weather events break the US financial system? America will survive Hurricane Milton — but it is ill-prepared for the future

10 Oct 2024

Oil price fluctuations threaten the West’s energy model It cannot rely on carbon-intensive industries forever

01 Oct 2024

Was the Fed’s interest rate cut ‘political’? Donald Trump has suggested this week's decision had an ulterior motive

19 Sep 2024

Falling oil prices are a warning of global recession The three big beasts of the world economy are either stagnant or decelerating

13 Sep 2024

Bitcoin may have finally peaked The end of the cheap-money era has reduced the cryptocurrency's allure

01 Sep 2024

Recession looms ahead of annual Federal Reserve meeting An interest rate cut could have significant political consequences

22 Aug 2024

Is the US headed for recession? Inflation is running hot — but the economy is cooling

14 Aug 2024

Trump is playing a dangerous game with the Federal Reserve The former president risks causing a Nixon-style shock to the markets

09 Aug 2024

Stagflation looms amid Middle East unrest A spike in oil prices suggests markets are on edge

01 Aug 2024

Broken Britain needs a tax hike

29 Jul 2024

Poor Big Tech earnings signal danger for US economy There are growing concerns that the AI revolution may turn out to be a fairy tale

26 Jul 2024

Is China’s social contract about to break down? Sluggish growth may unsettle the population

19 Jul 2024

France has scorned globalisation

11 Jul 2024

Macron’s survival has not calmed the markets Ongoing political uncertainty will cause further economic stagnation

08 Jul 2024

Nvidia’s volatile share price is an omen for the stock market AI stocks are creating a misleading picture of economic health

26 Jun 2024

Why the West should welcome cheap oil Inexpensive energy could spur a productivity boom

16 Jun 2024

Central banks have cut interest rates prematurely Today's US jobs report has blown early predictions out the water

07 Jun 2024

Defeat of ANC has left South Africa more divided than ever The country must now experiment with the strange new beast of coalition rule

01 Jun 2024

Are the US and China really decoupling? November's election has kickstarted another round of sabre-rattling

23 May 2024

Why we still believe in gold

21 May 2024

Interest rate cuts won’t save Biden and Sunak Both leaders are hoping that the central banks will rescue them

09 May 2024

Binance founder’s prison sentence leaves crypto in freefall Changpeng Zhao's guilty verdict has prompted an industry-wide identity crisis

02 May 2024

Donald Trump declares war on the Federal Reserve What would the potential president do?

27 Apr 2024

Nvidia’s falling share price shows the AI reckoning has begun The tech company's golden moment is over

22 Apr 2024

Looming inflation threatens Joe Biden’s re-election Stubbornly high rates may force the President to change his messaging

14 Apr 2024

Is Joe Biden gaslighting America?

11 Apr 2024

Food prices are falling — but interest rates won’t Structural changes in the economy are forcing the hand of central banks

10 Apr 2024

Rising gas prices threaten Joe Biden’s re-election hopes Discontent at filling stations is hurting the President

03 Apr 2024

Americans still suffering from inflation under Joe Biden Central banks have failed to deal with the aftermath of the pandemic

18 Mar 2024

Could Bitcoin crash the economy? Bill Ackman believes that the cryptocurrency's surge could have damaging effects

12 Mar 2024

Are European stock markets on the verge of a crisis? The continent is losing out to China and the US

07 Mar 2024

Fall in house prices won’t save the market Reports of the property sector's comeback are premature

26 Feb 2024

Nvidia: a market bubble waiting to burst The software company's stock price is now worth more than Spain

19 Feb 2024

Does our zombie economy need a recession?

16 Feb 2024

Has the commercial real estate crisis finally arrived? Regional banks are proving a lot less resilient than their own clients

05 Feb 2024

China’s Bitcoin boom poses a threat to Xi The popularity of the cryptocurrency shows the country's economic failings

26 Jan 2024

China’s flagging economy will drag the West down too Slowing growth will kneecap the world's biggest trading nation

18 Jan 2024

Europe is the sick man of the global economy The continent is suffering from a bout of economic long Covid

11 Jan 2024

The stock market rally won’t last Extreme geopolitical volatility in 2024 will dent current optimism

02 Jan 2024

How Iran could wreck the global economy If the Islamic republic joins the war directly, all bets are off

28 Dec 2023

A commercial real estate crisis is coming A sharp rise in interest rates over the last year has left the market exposed

18 Dec 2023

The Fed is playing a dangerous game on interest rates Chair Jerome Powell hinted that the Reserve may cut rates next year

14 Dec 2023

China’s economic plan is bankrupt

08 Dec 2023

It’s not just Britain suffering from poor growth All Western countries are facing similar economic headwinds

28 Nov 2023

Soaring gilt yields spell trouble for the Government The rise coincided with Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement

24 Nov 2023

The end of Binance could be the end of crypto CEO Changpeng Zhao has been forced to step down

22 Nov 2023

Is Bidenomics actually working? The President's economic programme is leading to surprising results

14 Nov 2023

Inflation isn’t going anywhere Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell warned that there is still a long way to go

12 Nov 2023

Is private equity too big to fail?

26 Oct 2023

The biggest threat to Western economies isn’t Israel-Palestine The war is not to blame for a brewing financial crisis

20 Oct 2023

Are we headed for a stock market crash? A rise in interest rates on US treasury bonds will cause turbulence

05 Oct 2023

The myth of Chinese imperialism

29 Sep 2023

China isn’t as strong as you think

12 Sep 2023

Falling house prices won’t cause a crash The most dramatic decline since 2009 will be offset by inflation

04 Sep 2023

Central banks are more divided than ever Today's Jackson Hole summit will be a test of unity

25 Aug 2023

High interest rates are here to stay The West may be about to experience a decades-long bear market

18 Aug 2023

Britain’s economy is entering a downward spiral Low productivity and rising debt have left the UK trailing other G7 countries

26 Jul 2023

The end of dollar supremacy

26 May 2023

The regional banking crisis was always going to happen The regulators have been asleep on the job

08 May 2023

Workers have lost faith in money

27 Apr 2023

The next financial crisis will get ugly

12 Apr 2023