Key Takeaways Gold recovers toward key participation levels after the strongest ISM Manufacturing reading in four years. Growth expectations, inflation dynamics, and real yields remain the dominant transmission channels across metals markets. Treasury positioning and US dollar stability continue shaping investor participation. The active gold structure is centered around the 4500–4525 participation zone ahead of […]

For decades, the U.S. dollar has been the world’s go-to currency. But as global dynamics shift and new technologies continue to emerge, experts are starting to question whether its dominance could eventually fade.  During a Social Science Matrix panel titled, “The U.S. Dollar Hegemony in Transition,” Economics and Political Science Professor Barry Eichengreen, Economics Professor […]

Why in the news ? The World Economic Forum recently released its Chief Economists Outlook Report (May 2026). The report predicts a weakening of global economic growth. However, India and the United States are identified as relatively strong economies. The report also highlights the West Asia crisis, the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, inflation, […]

British house prices fell by 0.6% in May compared with the previous month, while annual growth slowed to 1.7%, according to figures released by Nationwide Building Society on Monday. The latest data showed house prices remained 1.7% higher than a year earlier, but growth eased from 3.0% recorded in April. According to Nationwide’s data, the […]

Open this photo in gallery: A Lululemon store in Toronto last Wednesday. The athleisure retailer is languishing at a seven-year low ahead of earnings this week.Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail It’s June, and for parents that means one thing: schools act like they’ve discovered a warehouse full of activities that they forgot to schedule all […]

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Influence of the Upper Class on Consumption Grows Lower-Class Spending Slows, but Impact Remains Limited U.S. stock markets continue to reach new record highs, yet consumer sentiment is declining. Analysts say this reflects a shift in the U.S. economy, where corporate investment now has a greater impact than consumer spending. View original image According to […]

The global economy and the cost of living continue to rank among the most widely followed topics on international news websites in 2026. Across developed and developing countries alike, households, businesses, investors, and governments are navigating a complex economic environment shaped by inflation, interest rates, housing affordability challenges, labor market changes, technological disruption, geopolitical tensions, […]

Russia’s intelligence agencies have grown more aggressive in their efforts to steal Western technology and defense secrets as sanctions squeeze the country’s wartime economy, three senior European intelligence officials told The Associated Press. Moscow’s agents are building fake companies, recruiting middlemen and deploying cyber spies and hackers who are gathering information that could also be used to attack […]

The leaders of the states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEAS) issued a tough statement warning fellow-member state Armenia of the consequences of its desire to join the European Union. The stark, sharply worded,  warning, comes days before crucial parliamentary elections in Armenia, scheduled for 7 June. The full statement said, “We, the Presidents of […]