News & analysis
Facts, context and ideas to understand the global economy.
How to read economic news and verify the numbers
Sources, statistics and questions that put events in context.
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Product, customers, business model and barriers to growth.
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Headlines and links from international sources. Read full stories on the original publisher’s site.
Business & startups
Practical frameworks for demand, business models and costs.
Free business calculators
Four tools to understand expenses, profitability and cash needs.
Monthly revenue, pretax profit and minimum volume needed to cover fixed costs.
Understand the difference between margin on sales and markup on costs.
Excludes fees, taxes and additional expenses.
Simple annual return and approximate time to recover the initial investment.
Simplified calculation: excludes inflation, changes in profit and the time value of money.
How long current cash reserves will last if monthly inflows and outflows remain unchanged.
Excludes debts, one-off expenses, seasonality and delayed inflows.