The Middle Class Is Buckling Under Almost Five Years of Persistent Inflation- WSJ
America’s middle class is weary.After nearly five years of high prices, many middle-class earners thought life would be more affordable by now. Costs for goods...
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Christine Lagarde warns European growth is linked to ‘disappearing’ world – The Financial Times
Europe’s economic prosperity is “geared towards a world that is gradually disappearing”, Christine Lagarde said on Friday, imploring the bloc’s policymakers to finally overcome “years...
Crypto got everything it wanted. Now it’s sinking – The Economist
On January 3rd it will have been 17 years since Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous founder of bitcoin, first unveiled the cryptocurrency. The most popular digital...
What on Earth just happened to the stock market? – CNN
A day after Thursday’s anxiety-inducing fake out, Friday turned into Redemption Day on Wall Street.The Dow ended the day 493 points higher, or 1.08%, after...
Week Ahead for FX, Bonds: U.K. Autumn Budget, U.S. Data In Focus – WSJ
The U.K. autumn budget on Wednesday will take center stage in the week ahead. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves is expected to announce tax rises to fix the...
Interest rates will fall in 2026. But will bond yields fall, too? – The Economist
In normal times the year ahead would look like a good one in which to hold government bonds. Central banks, including America’s Federal Reserve, have...
What nostalgia for the 1990s leaves out – The Financial Times
AI-generated videos set in the 1990s and 1980s have been popping up on social media this year. In them, teenagers hang out in video shops,...
Euro Zone Set for Moderate Growth After Resilience in 2025 – Bloomberg
The euro-area economy will maintain its moderate expansion after weathering Donald Trump’s tariff turmoil better than expected, according to the European Commission. Output will rise...
Commodity prices could hit new lows in 2026 – The Economist
Since 2020, commodity markets have been drunk on adrenaline as pandemic-era disruptions, Trump tantrums, war and sanctions rocked supply and demand. In 2026 a general...
The contradiction at the heart of the trillion-dollar AI race – BBC News
Google’s ultra-private CEO Sundar Pichai is showing me around Googleplex, its California headquarters. A walkway runs along the length of it, passing by a giant...