The world in brief

In today's edition: inflation cooling in India, a corruption trial in Illinois, and the relationship between mathematics and literature

Our banana index

Looking for a new way to measure the climate impact of food? Try this

So pumped

A new era of petrodollar power has begun. What are the hundreds of billions of new oil riches being spent on?

The big squeeze

Life is getting tough for borrowers. Where will the pain be felt?

<Reference: Economist>