At first, economic resilience in the face of spiking oil prices came as a relief to economists. Now it is more of a quandary: what is sustaining the global economy, and how long can it last? Some analysts believe the resilience owes more to temporary buffers than any real underlying strength. Since the start of […]

Brian Iannucci of Dallas watched as Argentina played a World Cup match against Austria on June 22 during an invite-only watch party at Argentina 163, a restaurant in Euless. Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News The shocking amounts of brisket have been consumed, The Londoner’s beergate controversy has faded and the singing Argentines have left Klyde […]

Brazil’s economic output fell more steeply than projected in June, reinforcing signs that the central bank’s aggressive easing cycle is gaining traction even as growth prospects dim. The central bank’s IBC-BR index – a monthly proxy for gross domestic product that tracks agriculture, industry, and services – fell 0.64% from May, the largest monthly decline […]

The main factor driving market volatility: Current market volatility is being driven by the clash between optimism surrounding artificial intelligence and growing concerns about an escalation of the conflict in the Middle East. On the one hand, the excellent results posted by technology companies are fuelling investors’ imagination. On the other hand, however, instability in […]

BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Europe and Asia on Monday after U.S. stocks edged back from their all-time high following a weaker than expected report on the U.S. economy. Oil prices also were mixed. In early European trading, Germany’s DAX was nearly unchanged at 26,438.04, while the CAC 40 in Paris lost 0.1 […]

Brussels remains firmly embedded in the Western alliance, but is increasingly unwilling to accept Washington’s unilateral priorities as Europe’s own. Managed confrontation by another name The 2025 US-EU framework agreement illustrates the contradiction. Washington committed to an all-inclusive 15 percent tariff ceiling on most EU goods, while Brussels agreed to eliminate tariffs on US industrial […]

(The Center Square) – The economy is not falling apart. But important parts of it are barely moving. The major exception is investment. Business spending on equipment and intellectual property remains strong, with the AI buildout clearly part of that story. And private domestic demand more broadly has not stalled: real final sales to private […]

Aug 16, 2026 The Bay Area’s fast-paced startup environment contrasts sharply with a growing economic divide between the US and Europe, as illustrated by two British expatriates’ experiences. Joshua March, a serial entrepreneur, moved to America over a decade ago, believing it was the best place to build large companies. Last year, he emailed Gary […]

August 15 marks 55 years since the “Nixon Shock,” when then-U.S. President Richard Nixon stunned the world by suspending the convertibility of the dollar—the world’s reserve currency—into gold. The United States cast off the golden shackles to build dollar hegemony, while wielding its influence over payment networks as a weapon to impose successive rounds of […]

A couple of days ago, we warned that America is about to cross $40 trillion in national debt while interest costs climb, the job market weakens and American households get squeezed from every direction. That problem has not gone anywhere. In fact, there is another piece of this economy that should probably be getting a […]