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Did you know more people turn 65 each day in America than are born? And by 2030, there will be more people over 60 than those under 18? This generation of “elders” in the developed world is “the longest lived, wealthiest, healthiest, most highly educated, and largest percentage of elder…

Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee on Monday vowed that the central bank would react to signs of weakness in the economy and indicated that interest rates could be too restrictive now.Asked whether weakening in the labor market and manufacturing sector could prompt a response from the Fed, Goolsbee did…

What a difference a day makes! After a two-week correction of nearly 5%, the S&P 500 (SPX) spent the first part of last week rallying in anticipation of a friendly Fed meeting. That Fed meeting Wednesday produced the expected, namely that a rate cut in September was likely. That pushed…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned, a senior military official has said, after thousands of protesters descended on the capital demanding her ousting in a dramatic culmination of weeks of demonstrations.Bangladesh…

Until recently, I’ve never been enamored with the notion of living a longer-than-average lifespan. Perhaps this is because my primary observation was that old age didn’t look all that appealing. I’d observed grandparents, great aunts and uncles, and aged family friends face a seemingly hyperbolic hill of discomfort, disease, and,…

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