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Predicting the future is a lot more complex than just looking to the stars.

In an uncertain world, the best economists ‘know they don’t know’ the future

Economists don’t know what the future holds. But that doesn’t mean their forecasts are worthless.

  • Jennifer Duke

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The tide's gone out: New York Stock Exchange Floor Governor Brendan Connolly with traders on the floor of the NYSE amid this week's market carnage.

Coronavirus crash reveals traders still haven't learnt the lessons of history

It is fitting that big stockmarket crashes are often compared with a plague. This week we saw what happens when the two collide.

  • Janine Perrett