In brief: Headline consumer inflation usually reacts more directly to motor fuel and energy bills than measures of core inflation that exclude some volatile components. Core...
In brief: A weaker domestic currency raises the local-currency cost of food priced in dollars, even when the international commodity quotation stays unchanged. Import duties, freight...
Washington preaches decoupling while its largest banks wire the renminbi into global markets. The contradiction is structural, and policymakers have not yet decided how to handle...
The world continues to produce extraordinary wealth, yet public confidence in capitalism is increasingly unsettled. The problem may not be that markets have stopped working, but...
Bitcoin was supposed to challenge the financial establishment. Its increasingly institutionalised market may be revealing just how difficult it is to escape the dollar’s gravitational pull....
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday, November 6, 2026, at 51,285.73, down 237.33 points (0.46%). That followed Thursday’s 1,833.06-point (3.4%) plunge to 51,523.06, the worst...
In an era defined by global economic volatility, supply chain fracturing, and the relentless search for post-pandemic growth drivers, middle powers face a stark choice: passively...
The 2026 midterm elections delivered a historic rejection of Donald Trump’s leadership. But amid economic anxiety, aggressive immigration enforcement, and the formidable power of the presidency,...
The November 5 decline was severe. Calling it a systemic crash, however, requires evidence beyond a frightening index percentage. The November 5 decline was severe. Calling...
The IMF expects a modest rebound in 2027. Yet an energy shock and AI investment are distributing growth unevenly across countries and industries. The IMF expects...