Americans adapt as they face biggest grocery price jump in 50 years
What’s for dinner? Lately, at Apral Jack’s house, it’s whatever is on sale. Jack, 50, scouts an app…
China: Domestic weakness calls for measured fiscal support
Volkmar Baur at Commerzbank assesses that China’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 4.3% year-on-year in Q2 2026…
One country holds an estimated twenty-four trillion dollars in mineral wealth beneath its soil — cobalt and copper, the very metals that power the phones and electric cars of the modern world — and it remains among the five poorest nations on Earth
The cobalt in a phone bought in Sydney or Seoul almost certainly came out of the ground in…
China’s auto industry is faster, cheaper and better. Here’s how the West can close the gap
When Covid ended and the blanket lifted, Western auto executives got the shock of their careers. China hadn’t just kept…
10 Thursday AM Reads – The Big Picture
My morning train WFH reads: • The economy is just a VIP list now: The economy increasingly rewards…
Inflation holds steady in July as energy prices fell – The Irish Times
Inflation held steady in July, as relative calm in the Middle East saw energy prices dip compared to…
Australian Dollar: RBA sees inflation still above target – BNY
BNY’s Geoff Yu reports that Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Assistant Governor Sarah Hunter described Australia’s Consumer Price…
Japan to slash sales tax on food as inflation bites
Japan will temporarily slash consumption tax on food from 8% to 1% starting next April, the prime minister…
‘No turning back’: Spitznagel predicts the biggest market crash since 1929. How to prepare your portfolio if he’s right
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Eurozone: Strategic push reshapes dependencies – Rabobank
RaboResearch economists Maartje Wijffelaars and Leander Kalff outline how the European Union is intensifying efforts to strengthen Eurozone…
More than half of South African workers now gamble to pay debt, study finds
Financial pressure is pushing millions of South African workers toward sports betting and online gambling, with many…
Israel’s $19.8 billion high-tech import boom reveals a hidden economic vulnerability
In 2025, Israel’s high-tech goods imports reached a record $19.8 billion, a jump of 10.5% in just one…