China’s April exports surge 14.1% as Iran war fear drives global stockpiling rush
China’s April exports jumped 14.1% year-on-year to $359.4bn, smashing forecasts of 7.9%, while imports surged 25.3% to a…
Japan’s energy subsidies and yen defence are on a collision course
Japan’s petrol subsidies are draining funds at 300bn yen a month while yen intervention nears IMF limits, putting…
Shifting dynamics of power – Newspaper
The global economic landscape of early 2026 presents a compelling duality. The metrics of “nominal value” and “purchasing…
Trust the Markets, Not the Headlines
For a little more than a month, the U.S. stock market has been on what looks like a…
Pm Modi Wfh: ‘Need to save foreign exchange amid war crisis’: PM Modi pushes for cut in fuel use & gold buying, favours WFH | India News
HYDERABAD/NEW DELHI Amid global energy supply disruption, PM Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to use public transport…
Online posts denounce Korea’s credit score system as ‘cruel.’ Their author designed it.
Presidential office policy chief Kim Yong-beom briefs reporters at the Blue House on April 27 regarding President Lee…
China consumer, wholesale inflation tops estimates in April as Iran war drives energy costs higher
A shopper walks past a Coach retail store inside a shopping mall on March 24, 2026 in Shenzhen,…
The world is getting the best of New Zealand while we’re eating cheap imports
Butter is not the only item that has a higher price when made in New Zealand. Photo: Supplied…
Retailers hire big, defying consumer warning signs
A woman walks past a “Now Hiring” sign in front of a store on January 13, 2022 in…
Why the federal budget must fix construction capacity to solve housing affordability
As we approach this year’s federal budget, the focus needs to be on policies that genuinely improve housing…
This economist studied 400 years of recessions. His bleak conclusion: stop trying to predict them
In the early 18th century, the American colonies suffered a depression-level economic contraction. There was no war. No…
St James Place : The special K-shaped economy
In 18th Century France, when told peasants couldn’t afford bread, Queen Marie-Antoinette supposedly said, ‘let them eat cake.’…