Interest rate hikes, an AI bubble and other as-yet-unanswerable 2026 problems
After 2025 saw the US government put tariffs on islands inhabited exclusively by penguins, can the economy of…
What savers should do with their money in 2026, according to experts
After the holidays, UK savers are expected to move money into ISAs, pensions and savings accounts to protect…
AI powered 2025’s economy to record highs. So why are only robots smiling?
I don’t know what I expected. Not this. I blame the robots. I blame the penguins. The economy…
Tokyo Inflation Cools More Than Expected, Weakening Yen
Tokyo’s inflation cooled more than expected as pressures from food and energy prices faded, triggering yen weakness on…
Retirement accounts roared back in 2025 after punishing losses during Biden years: study
After four bruising years in which inflation and declining bond markets slammed Americans’ nest eggs, retirement accounts made…
Boxing Day sales set to be biggest on record as interest rate relief drives retail rebound
Australians are expected to spend a record $1.6 billion on Boxing Day, supported by higher demand from population…
Bank of Japan takes policy rate to 0.75%, a 30-year high
The Bank of Japan raised rates on Friday, taking Japan’s borrowing costs to a 30-year high as inflation…
Dow Jones Today: DJIA Jumps Above 48,000 After Soft CPI Revives Fed Rate-Cut Hopes (Updated Dec. 18, 2025, 1:50 p.m. ET)
NEW YORK — The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) traded firmly higher Thursday as investors digested a cooler-than-expected…
Dutch Pension Overhaul Risks Creating ‘Basis Trap’ for Banks
Dutch pension funds are expected to unwind interest-rate swap trades as they move to a new investing model,…
What Australia can learn from the great Kiwi interest rate hike experiment
The rate-cutting cycle is over. That’s the considered view of the bulk of the nation’s economists and most…
RBA keeps rates on hold in December at 3.6pc, ‘uncomfortable’ with inflation at current level
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has left interest rates on hold at 3.6 per cent, with the…
Australia Keeps Interest Rates Steady at 3.6%
MT Newswires -Shutterstock Australia’s central bank left interest rates steady at 3.6% as predicted by analysts, according to…