South Korea’s Surprise Contraction Points to Broad Fragility
(Bloomberg) — South Korea’s economy shrank in the final quarter of 2025 due to a broad pullback in…
Experts believe Washington ‘must break its promise on Social Security’ to protect it from ‘imminent insolvency’
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Bessent Gets in Touch With Japan as Treasuries Get Roiled
Photographer: Ben Brewer/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had spoken with his Japanese counterpart amid…
Andreessen Horowitz Makes a $3 Billion Bet Against the AI Bubble
(Bloomberg) — An artificial intelligence startup that helps developers write and debug code is now worth nearly as…
Trump Is Pushing Gas to Power AI Boom, But Building Plants Take Years
Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — When the Trump administration called Friday for an emergency power auction in an…
China’s $1.2 Trillion Windfall Quietly Seeps Into Global Markets
(Bloomberg) — A record trade surplus racked up by China is washing up around the world, as export…
TSMC’s Strong Outlook Fires Up Hopes of Sustained AI Boom
Bloomberg, company filings (Bloomberg) — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is earmarking as much as $56 billion in capital…
China’s Coal Imports Fall Sharply as Domestic Output and Renewables Rise
China’s coal imports booked a decline last year, at 9.6% from 2024 to a total of 490 million…
Taiwan Wants to Arrest OnePlus CEO in Latest Step to Block China
(Bloomberg) — Prosecutors in Taiwan issued an arrest warrant for the chief executive officer of Chinese smartphone company…
Gold Eases from Record as Traders Mull Rates; Silver Tops $89
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Gold eased from a record high as traders assessed the path of US interest rates…
Bond Traders’ Big Bet for 2026 Vindicated by Soft US Job Growth
Photographer: Jamie Kelter Davis/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Bond investors’ overarching wager on the path of the Federal Reserve and…
‘Sell America’ Trade Is Revived by Trump’s Latest Fed Attack
(Bloomberg) — “Sell America” sentiment rippled through markets on Monday after the Trump administration escalated its attacks on…