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Warning signs for the global economy

The world’s two largest economies slow, while the UK’s financial sector readies for Brexit and the ECB retreats from QE. Structural challenges and limited space for any policy response add to fragility. Here’s the best of this week’s opinion and analysis.

Why the world economy feels so fragile
Political instability will make it harder to ride out a slowdown
We must prepare now for the likelihood of a recession
Excess austerity is a bigger risk than fiscal profligacy
Recessions and bear markets — the terrible twins
A global recession is unlikely this year, unless a bear market causes one
US-China: farmers count the cost of the trade war
America’s soyabean exports to the world’s biggest market have all but disappeared, leaving farmers dependent on a $12bn bailout
Don’t blame the Fed if the US economy tanks
The culprit is more likely to be markets than monetary policy in the event of a recession
London’s financial sector will take a knock in 2019
With or without a Brexit deal, the City’s pre-eminence will be shaken

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