Catherine Bosley

Angela Merkel is the world’s most powerful female leader. But her 16 years in power have done little for working women

Global trade is recovering faster from COVID-19 than it did from the 2008 crisis

Europe plunges into a deep recession as COVID-battered economies brace for a second wave

Step aside, gents. Lagarde and Merkel take the lead in rebuilding Europe’s economy

Around the world, government aid is finally catching up to the gig economy

How millennials are being set back by back-to-back global crises

Economists pegged the cost of a global coronavirus pandemic at $1 trillion. It could go much higher