Japan’s ratio of household spending on food hits 44-year high
Japan’s ratio of household spending on food hit a 44-year high in 2025, reflecting elevated food prices, according…
Where will Trump administration get critical minerals, if not China?
The Trump administration is expected to unveil its grandest plan yet to rebuild supply chains of critical minerals…
Newsquawk Week Ahead: US NFP and CPI, Japanese Election, UK GDP and China Inflation
Sun: Japanese Average Cash Earnings, Japanese Snap ElectionMon: Swiss Consumer Confidence (Jan), Mexican Inflation (Jan), US Consumer Inflation…
China’s future growth rate could drop to 2.5% without market reforms: economist
China’s long-term growth trajectory will depend on the introduction of market reforms, and the country’s potential growth rate…
The Next Dollar Collapse Has Started—And Silver Could Be the Trade of the Decade
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China’s solar capacity set to overtake coal this year
Growing power demand in China and the sheer size of the country’s market showcased what appeared to be…
Scott Bessent ‘Would Not Be Surprised’ If China Was Building Digital Assets Backed By Gold
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the Senate Banking Committee he “would not be surprised” if China was building…
Ease borrowing curbs for development schemes, gilt investors urge Reeves
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Zimbabwe agrees to staff-monitored programme with the IMF
The programme (SMP) is aimed at consolidating recent stabilisation gains Zimbabwe has reached a staff-level agreement with the…
Accelerating the growth path
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recently revised the global growth upward from the earlier projection made in…
Rachel Reeves’s record 7.9% public sector wage rises led to flat productivity growth
Government employees recorded just a 0.1 per cent productivity improvement in the third quarter of 2025 compared with…
Economic nationalism giving rise to a zero-sum world
The world we inhabit today bears little resemblance to the one imagined by the architects of the global…