Corporate Japan and households to rethink debt after BOJ rate hike
Bank of Japan Seiko and AGC switch to fixed-rate loans and reduce borrowing The central bank’s latest rate…
CORMAC LUCEY: On the coming debt emergency
Two months ago, the lead story of The Economist concerned “The Coming Debt Emergency”. Unlike recent debt crises,…
Dutch Pension Bond Shift Risks Triggering Bond Market Volatility
In the European market for long-term bonds, a once-loyal and deep pocketed customer is about to start shopping…
Greece pays off debt worth 5.3 billion euros ahead of schedule
Greece has paid off ahead of schedule debt worth €5.3 billion that had been due after 2031, two…
Oracle’s collapsing stock shows the AI boom is running into two hard limits: physics and debt
Oracle’s rapid descent from market darling to market warning sign is revealing something deeper about the AI boom,…
SoftBank Eyes Data Center Group Switch as Son Hunts for AI
SoftBank Group Corp. is studying potential acquisitions including data center operator Switch Inc., people with knowledge of the…
Billionaire tax won’t stop innovation in EU, insists economist Zucman – POLITICO
Critics of the tax warned about the risk of scaring investors out of the EU and that tech…
Watchdog Regrets Calling Canada’s Fiscal Position ‘Stupefying’
Canada’s budget watchdog is walking back his most charged criticisms of Mark Carney’s fiscal policy, but says the…
20 Signs There’s An Affordability Crisis In America
Topline U.S. households are confronting a deepening affordability squeeze that is reshaping how they shop, dine and finance…
Ray Dalio says Middle East becoming ‘Silicon Valley of capitalists’ — here’s why
Billionaire investor and Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio believes the Middle East is fast emerging as one of…
US debt crisis: Most likely fix is severe austerity triggered by a fiscal calamity
One way or another, U.S. debt will stop expanding unsustainably, but the most likely outcome is also among…
Social Security increases are coming soon — but there’s a catch
For the near 75 million Americans depending on Social Security benefits to survive, the SSA’s annual Cost of…