Breakingviews columnists talk about the big numbers, crunchy deals and nasty spats in global business and economics, offering a weekly dose of financial insight that goes beyond the concise and provocative views readers get from our columns every day.
Revived dealmakers confront resurgent challenges
25 mins; April 01, 2026
Novo Nordisk is Denmark’s big little problem
22 mins; March 30, 2026
The AI boom tests its limits
23 mins; March 18, 2026
A global energy squeeze is now unavoidable
24 mins; March 12, 2026
Iran strikes plunge globe back into energy chaos
20 mins; March 04, 2026
Trump’s tariff upset has plenty of upside
22 mins; February 25, 2026
European rearmament is a how-to-spend-it problem
20 mins; February 18, 2026
IT bloodbath is double whammy for buyout barons
22 mins; February 11, 2026
Japan election may win back domestic investors
18 mins; February 04, 2026
New York markets’ siren song is hard to resist
25 mins; January 28, 2026
Miners are excavating long-sought mega-deals
21 mins; January 22, 2026
Europe heads for White House collision course
22 mins; January 14, 2026
Breakingviews envisions the far side of the boom
23 mins; January 07, 2026
Made in China’s success story is tentative at best
20 mins; December 17, 2025
Warner Bros is the poison apple of Hollywood’s eye
19 mins; December 10, 2025
A Ukraine deal would be peace in name only
21 mins; December 03, 2025
Tech giant debt splurge ratchets up systemic risks
18 mins; November 26, 2025
Britain’s fiscal ship lost at sea
22 mins; November 19, 2025
Breakingviews celebrates 25 years with a bang
30 mins; November 13, 2025
China’s low-cost AI offers competitive edge
21 mins; November 05, 2025
Argentina will now wrestle with orthodoxy crisis
27 mins; October 29, 2025
Necessity will birth a US-China trade truce
17 mins; October 22, 2025
Slashing US drug prices would come at a cost
21 mins; October 15, 2025
Electronic Arts takeover resets the buyout game
20 mins; October 08, 2025
The risks of defanging the Federal Reserve
28 mins; October 01, 2025
New visa policy pits Team Trump against itself
23 mins; September 25, 2025
Copper alchemizes into pure M&A gold
25 mins; September 18, 2025
No pain, no gain: Ozempic’s quest for market share
25 mins; September 10, 2025
France pushes EU’s omnicrisis to breaking point
22 mins; September 03, 2025
Ukraine peace push stirs oil market limbo
17 mins; August 13, 2025
Big law firms are at sharp end of AI boom
21 mins; August 06, 2025
Japan’s M&A push faces internal obstacles
23 mins; July 30, 2025
Wall Street bank boom is defying gravity
27 mins; July 23, 2025
Trump’s tariff war demands countervailing force
21 mins; July 17, 2025
Trump’s ‘beautiful’ bill leaves scars worldwide
26 mins; July 09, 2025
Nippon Steel deal reveals cost of ‘America First’
20 mins; July 02, 2025
US IPO bounty may be tricky to duplicate
17 mins; June 25, 2025
Israel-Iran crisis climbs ladder of financial risk
23 mins; June 18, 2025
Elon Musk has a lot to lose in Trump brawl
25 mins; June 11, 2025
AI arms race is only just getting started
26 mins; June 04, 2025
Wild market swings are good reason to take stock
20 mins; May 28, 2025
Gold glistens brighter in a chaotic world
18 mins; May 21, 2025
Pauses, tweaks and can-kicking are new trade norms
22 mins; May 14, 2025
Buffett’s $350 bln parting gift is double-edged
24 mins; May 07, 2025
CK Hutchison deal is test of Chinese hospitality
24 mins; May 01, 2025
The China-US trade war is set to keep spiraling
25 mins; April 23, 2025
How Trump’s tariff turmoil scarred global markets
29 mins; April 17, 2025
US tariff mania keeps everyone on edge
27 mins; April 09, 2025
Klarna tests the waters for a ‘normal’ IPO
22 mins; April 02, 2025
‘Pro-growth’ M&A policing is a misnomer
25 mins; March 26, 2025
US markets’ exceptionalism goes into reverse
21 mins; March 20, 2025
Germany’s fiscal pivot gives Europe rare hope
24 mins; March 13, 2025
China’s AI catch-up begins to look inevitable
21 mins; March 05, 2025
Unpredictable White House vexes CEOs everywhere
26 mins; February 26, 2025
German elections chart course for a lonely Europe
24 mins; February 19, 2025
Japan’s M&A wave is just getting started
18 mins; February 13, 2025
US tariff posturing is dangerous game of chicken
27 mins; February 05, 2025
DeepSeek scrambles AI development reasoning
24 mins; January 30, 2025
Trump’s day-one flurry buries plenty
25 mins; January 22, 2025
Bond chaos induces headaches worldwide
21 mins; January 16, 2025
Altered states will rule in 2025
26 mins; January 09, 2025
Hot topics of 2024 will smoulder into new year
28 mins; December 19, 2024
French political stalemate threatens its economy
21 mins; December 11, 2024
Drugmakers brace for US political side effects
18 mins; December 05, 2024
Gautam Adani is promise and peril of Indian growth
20 mins; November 27, 2024
Gulf states wedge AI efforts between superpowers
22 mins; November 21, 2024
Trump trades will run into Trump reality
21 mins; November 14, 2024
Trump 2.0: taxes, tensions, tariffs, turbulence
21 mins; November 07, 2024
Robust banks impair pleas for lighter regulation
24 mins; October 31, 2024
UK budget is a tightrope walk over a black hole
15 mins; October 23, 2024
Return-to-office gets leg up on work-from-home
17 mins; October 17, 2024
China’s stock market bazooka is yet to fire
21 mins; October 10, 2024
Middle East turmoil edges closer to global economy
19 mins; October 03, 2024
AI is a black hole of bits, chips and power
19 mins; September 26, 2024
Bank mega-M&A gets tantalisingly close in Europe
23 mins; September 19, 2024
Telegram and X expose tech platforms’ new reality
19 mins; September 12, 2024
Seven & i deal will test Japan’s financial renewal
20 mins; September 04, 2024
Carmakers strain to navigate the next swerves
19 mins; August 01, 2024
China’s leaders pitch their tent in a rainstorm
19 mins; July 24, 2024
Trump 2.0 might be the same, but much more
24 mins; July 18, 2024
Booze-free beverages are no small beer
18 mins; July 11, 2024
UK elections herald return to tarnished stability
23 mins; July 04, 2024
France raises ghosts of last euro zone crisis
14 mins; June 27, 2024
European bosses can only envy Elon Musk
18 mins; June 20, 2024
Europe’s election eruption threatens paralysis
23 mins; June 13, 2024
India’s resilient democracy comes with a cost
20 mins; June 05, 2024
Next UK leader will bang head against fiscal roof
18 mins; May 30, 2024
Big Macs are pricing out American shoppers
19 mins; May 23, 2024
The dollar and the yuan are polar opposites
15 mins; May 16, 2024
HSBC’s big pair of shoes will be hard to fill
22 mins; May 09, 2024
Clash of the mining titans will get more bruising
22 mins; May 01, 2024
US economy is a victim of its own success
16 mins; April 25, 2024
Telecom tycoon ensnared by his hefty debt machine
20 mins; April 18, 2024
How Boeing’s woes change everything but planes
22 mins; April 11, 2024
US antitrust push invites creative dealmaking
21 mins; April 04, 2024
Europe’s IPO window opens slowly for buyout barons
15 mins; March 28, 2024
Bank crises proved a mixed blessing for rivals
21 mins; March 21, 2024
Japan’s rate shift will hit zombie firms hardest
19 mins; March 13, 2024
Lower rates, office return will ease property pain
