Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news Argentina resorts to currency controls as crisis builds Firms and individuals face restrictions Move comes after peso slumped 25% in August Coming up: UK factory data 7.48am BST Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the world economy, the...

In an economic downturn Americans will reassess their president’s unreal narrative and random management styleDonald Trump concluded his remarks at the recent G7 summit by inviting the assembled leaders to hold next year’s meeting at his Doral country club near Miami, describing a fantasy-like world of “magnificent buildings” whose “ballrooms...