Two questions serve as a reality check on excessive American declinism

How do democracies measure up against autocratic regimes in handling the pandemic?

It is easy to take advantage of frightened people who have accepted infringements on freedom

Several long-running conflicts are edging towards a temporary halt to hostilities

Player values tumble as Europe’s top teams prepare to cut spending after pandemic weakens revenues

Union Investment says new outside executives are needed to move the company on after special audit

Deka Investment urges chairman to act quickly to end crisis of confidence in payments group after special audit

Airline forecasts capacity will be almost wiped out in the second quarter

German regulator looks at group’s statements ahead of KPMG special audit report

With no productive use of liquidity, money is going into market speculation driving recovery in asset prices

Glencore-backed First Cobalt to open Canada refinery this year in attempt to cut reliance on China

IEA expects global consumption will decline 8% this year in largest drop since second world war

Developers of clean energy projects defy wider turmoil in the global energy markets

It is the deepest, broadest, most liquid market for larger global businesses

A new exchange traded commodity holds several advantages

Service would allow retail investors to place own orders on market

Fixed rate that applies in years three to five has been cut

NetSaver easy access account pays 3.16 per cent on savings

Santander private banking arm’s six-year savings product

Cash from successful claims could reach bank accounts by end of the month

Outbreak ripples across US, European and Asian equity markets

Smart meter group’s IPO boosts hopes of fundraising uptick after lacklustre 2019

As world markets take a turn for the worse, investors use ETFs as they hope to profit from any bounceback 

Listed businesses have been conspicuously slow in estimating disruption to operations

Chief expects weak demand from mills outside China to offset supply disruptions elsewhere

SoftBank-funded fintech challenger Ualá expands rapidly amid the pandemic

In our increasingly cashless society, parents are turning to apps and payment cards designed for youngsters

Finding a good credit card deal when you’re older is more difficult

Surprise measures on pensions and investing for children lay in the chancellor’s red box

How to navigate government help schemes, the benefits system, redundancy pay and help from banks

Take steps to improve your relationship with money and the role it plays in your life

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Italy to lay out strategy this week on its plans to ease Covid-19 restrictions. Global stocks under pressure as oil tumbles again. England and Wales record 75 per cent more weekly overall deaths than normal.

Number of global cases of Covid-19 nears 2.5m, international oil prices tumble to lowest levels since the 1990s, Heineken hit as pandemic cuts into beer drinking globally.

US job gains since financial crisis wiped out. Switzerland faces sharpest economic contraction since 1974. UK and eurozone business activity hit by historic collapse this month as lockdowns choked Europe’s biggest economies.

The number of US deaths attributed to Covid-19 surpassed 45,000 on Friday, while the rate of new cases remained flat

British fatalities rise by 813 with almost 150,000 infected; Spain prepares to ease restrictions slightly as daily deaths remain below 400

In today’s news: UK warns it would be ‘irresponsible’ to discuss easing lockdown. Spain sets out plan to lift its own tough measures. Donald Trump signals a halt to his daily media briefings as US death toll accelerates.

New daily cases of Covid-19 around the globe rose by the lowest amount in 12 days as 73,858 diagnoses were confirmed on Sunday, bringing the total to 2.93m

Deaths in England and Wales are highest on record in mid-April while cases in the US surpass 1m

The worldwide Covid-19 death toll rose by 6,365 on Tuesday, pushing the total through 200,000

Eurozone GDP in historic fall, millions more Americans file for unemployment, Shell cuts dividend for first time since second world war and UK's AstraZeneca combines with Oxford on a potential vaccine

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Spain allows outside exercise for the first time in weeks while Russia’s daily case count rises by a fifth

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Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez says no other option remains but to maintain the state of alert

Russia's coronavirus outbreak worsens and Federal Reserve research finds a correlation between deaths from the influenza pandemic in 1918-1920 and extremist voting in Germany in 1932 and 1933

The US private sector shed a record 20m jobs in April as coronavirus lockdowns and the resulting closure of non-essential businesses led to historic joblessness

BT halts dividend for first time since dot com bubble two decades ago, BA parent IAG warns of further cuts as recovery set to take three years and shoemaker Puma warns worse to come as profits halve in first quarter

Germany's dominant export sector in record decline, South Korea may be forced to close bars and nightclubs after partygoer is found to have infected at least 14 people