Global rate-hike cycle expected to be muted
FRANKFURT: The prospect of a new global interest rate-tightening cycle is coming into view as some of the…
Marginal improvement in CPI may not be enough to stave off September rate hike – Natixis’ Christopher Hodge
(Kitco News) – Friday’s CPI report will likely show that underlying inflation continues to move in the right…
Open Questions | Economist Lan Xiaohuan on the balancing act needed to boost China’s consumption
Lan Xiaohuan is a professor of economics at China Europe International Business School. His book, How China Works:…
Economist who called the 2008 crash says the AI bubble has “less than a year to go”
(Kitco News) – Steve Keen has spent two decades telling anyone who’ll listen that markets watch the wrong…
Canada posts monster jobs gain in July, unemployment rate hits two-year low
OTTAWA, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Canada’s economy added far more jobs in July than expected and the unemployment…
WATCH | The Economic Week Ahead
The conflict in the Middle East is taking centre stage this week after the US escalated its involvement…
Strong retail sales mask widening K-shaped economy as consumer financial stress mounts
(Kitco News) – The U.S. consumer continues to support economic growth, but beneath resilient headline spending, new data…
FOMC minutes show a Fed united on rates and communications, but concerned about impacts of Iran, tariffs and AI on inflation
(Kitco News) – The minutes from the June 16-17 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting showed members united…
Sovereign investors with US$29 trillion pivot to energy assets, flag dollar fears
Published Mon, Jun 29, 2026 · 07:27 AM [LONDON] Sovereign wealth funds and central banks managing US$29 trillion…
Bank of Korea warns chip workers’ massive bonuses may be inflation concern
There’s some debate in the economics world about whether a “wage price spiral” exists in reality, and how…
Inflation fight again putting central bank independence under strain, policymakers say
By Balazs Koranyi DUBROVNIK, Croatia, May 30 (Reuters) – Central bank independence is again coming under pressure as…
Macro strategist David Hunter warns of 80% market bust, 25% inflation as global debt math breaks
Jeremy Szafron joins Kitco News as an anchor and producer from Kitco’s Vancouver bureau. Jeremy is a seasoned journalist…