Matthew Lynn

What Trump’s tariff ‘opening salvo’ will teach him

5 February 2025 12:29 am

Mexico and Canada have been given a last-minute reprieve from Donald Trump’s tariffs. China has offered only the most half-hearted…

Europe can’t win a trade war against the US

3 February 2025 9:14 pm

It will hit back immediately. It will target the industries that will hurt the most. And it won’t be bullied…

Why Rachel Reeves’ growth plan is doomed to flop

29 January 2025 5:23 pm

The wait is over. After six months in government, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves has decided that today is the day…

Britain is on track for a ‘Reeves recession’

27 January 2025 10:40 pm

Business confidence is falling. Companies are warning that profits will be lower than expected, and they are already planning to…

Unmade in Britain: we’re becoming a zero-industrial society

25 January 2025 9:00 am

The French sociologist Alain Touraine coined the term ‘post-industrial society’ in 1969. By the 1980s it had become shorthand for…

Two big problems with the Sainsbury’s job cuts

24 January 2025 8:12 pm

You won’t be able to get a cup of coffee. Nor will you be able to pick up something from…

Why would Trump give Starmer a trade deal?

20 January 2025 11:40 pm

As President Trump takes office later today, Keir Starmer has assembled his top team, tasking them with landing a trade…

Rachel Reeves tries deregulation, but she’s bad at that too

17 January 2025 11:28 pm

If it was a Netflix mystery series, it would be the moment for the ‘big reveal’. After months of boasting…

Spain will regret its 100 per cent expat property tax

14 January 2025 10:24 pm

They drive up prices. Rents go through the roof. And the locals can no longer afford a home. The Spanish…

Where is Rachel Reeves?

9 January 2025 10:42 pm

Bond yields are soaring to their highest levels in almost 30 years and sterling is sliding. The government’s economic strategy…

Mark Carney is not fit to be Canadian PM

7 January 2025 8:22 pm

He has global experience. He has proven his leadership. And he has the management skills needed to turn around a…

Mark Zuckerberg could regret Nick Clegg’s Meta departure

3 January 2025 10:16 pm

When Donald Trump won the US election, the writing was on the wall for Nick Clegg at Meta. Now, just…

Will taxpayers get their satellite bailout money back?

28 December 2024 2:43 am

When the British government spent £400 million on the satellite internet start-up OneWeb back in 2020, it was seen as…

Rachel Reeves has shattered economic confidence in Britain

20 December 2024 9:59 pm

A few journalists have pointed it out. So have some Conservative and Reform MPs, think tanks and one or two…

Labour is staring down the barrel of an inflation crisis

18 December 2024 9:51 pm

With job vacancies falling, and with GDP contracting, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves might have assumed that her final week before…

Labour will regret selling Royal Mail

16 December 2024 9:43 pm

It will maintain the single price ‘universal service obligation’. The government will keep its ‘golden share’. And there are ‘legally…

Allow Shein to list in London

13 December 2024 12:24 am

There are, in fairness, plenty of reasons why the City might be reluctant to embrace the Chinese fast-fashion giant Shein.…

Javier Milei’s medicine is working

11 December 2024 11:51 pm

The economy would crash, the markets would be in open revolt, and he would swiftly be evicted from office by…

Labour’s clouded vision for the UK economy

10 December 2024 1:16 am

The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is out in the Gulf, peddling infrastructure projects to Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman.…

A failing steel company is the last thing the state should buy

4 December 2024 10:17 pm

It could be backing the hottest start-ups in Artificial Intelligence. It could be nurturing space businesses, or flying taxis, or…

Marine Le Pen’s reckless game with the French economy

3 December 2024 9:47 pm

The power probably feels good. And it may help her win the presidency eventually. Even so, there is a catch…

Is France heading for a Greek-style crisis?

28 November 2024 9:30 pm

For the first time ever, France’s borrowing costs have risen above those of Greece. As of today, the bond markets…

Trump’s tariffs threats are going to cause chaos

27 November 2024 12:09 am

It turns out it wasn’t just China after all. Mexico, and indeed Canada, are just as much in the firing…

Rachel Reeves deserves a rough ride at the CBI

25 November 2024 10:34 pm

Rachel Reeves was probably expecting to be cheered for restoring ‘stability’, for rebooting ‘growth’ and crafting a British version of…

The Trump Bitcoin bonanza has only just begun

22 November 2024 12:34 am

One of the main trading platforms collapsed, and its founder ended up being sent to jail. Two years ago, in…