What are interest rates?
If you are borrowing money, the interest rate (or lending rate) is the amount you are charged for doing so – shown as a percentage...
New Skills and AI Are Reshaping the Future of Work
Technological change has reshaped job markets for centuries. But the benefits have not always been widely shared. As AI and digital technologies transform today’s workplace...
Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds – WSJ
Americans, not foreigners, are bearing almost the entire cost of U.S. tariffs, according to new research that contradicts a key claim by President Trump and...
‘The dollar is losing credibility’: why central banks are scrambling for gold – The Guardian
Fifteen minutes after takeoff, the call came for Serbia’s central bank governor: millions of dollars’ worth of gold bars, destined for a high-security Belgrade vault,...
UK Firms Cut Jobs at Fastest Pace in Five Years, Wages Cool – Bloomberg
UK firms cut jobs at the fastest pace since 2020 and wage growth eased to its lowest in 3 1/2 years, more signs of a...
Global Business Leans on AI and M&A for Growth in Pre-Davos Poll – Bloomberg
Global business leaders are relying on new technologies and acquisitions to drive growth against a tense economic backdrop, according to an EY-Parthenon survey. Respondents in...
What a Break With Europe Means for the American Economy – WSJ
President Trump’s bid to annex Greenland and unleash tariffs on several European countries has plunged the trans-Atlantic alliance into crisis. If a trade war breaks...
Are Central Banks Enabling Unsustainable Government Deficits?
Recent developments suggest that the US Federal Reserve’s bond purchases are no longer just a “monetary operation,” but an essential component of the US government’s...
PODCAST: Outlook 2026
Markets continue their sunny cruise, whistling along as the world is upended by nationalistic meddling in both corporations and other countries. Today on the show,...
AI’s impact on jobs is set to become more pronounced – The Financial Times
Ever since the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, doom-mongers have been predicting a jobs apocalypse. So far, the fears have proved premature: despite chief executives’...