The Hollowing Middle: Why More Canadians Are Slipping Into Precarity
Canadian PoliticsPolitics August 22, 2025 Earlier this year, precarity emerged as the defining mindset across Canada. At a…
China’s economy lags in July under pressure from tariffs and a weak property market
BANGKOK — China’s economy showed signs of slowing in July as factory output and retail sales slowed and housing prices…
Don’t discount Gen Xers. Study shows they have big buying power
Gen X spending power could reshape marketing strategies Gen X drives trillions in global spending and that could…
Why Wage Growth Patterns Are Flashing Warning Signs in 2025
Wage growth is showing unusual patterns in 2025, according to CNBC. Normally, people who switch jobs see their…
Wage growth now favors job stayers over job switchers
A “Now Hiring” sign hangs in the window of a hair salon in the Greater Boston town of…
Officials declare state of emergency as worsening crisis devastates crops: ‘Will be virtually nonexistent’
Some of Russia’s most productive farming regions are experiencing a severe decline in crop yields. What’s happening? According…
Brazil unveils new $1.9 billion credit line for companies hit by US tariffs
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s state development bank BNDES announced on Friday a fresh credit line of 10 billion reais…
Powell signals Fed may cut rates soon even as inflation risks remain
Christopher Rugaber  | Associated Press Jackson Hole, Wyo. – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday opened the…
US tariffs behind surge in global arabica prices, Brazil exporters group says
By Roberto Samora SAO PAULO (Reuters) -The global arabica coffee market has surged in August with prices gaining…
Main Street Shrugs at Tariffs, Banks on Growth
It seems like a massive disconnect. But for the payments industry, it’s an opportunity. One the one hand,…
Reich, Zandi warn tariff policy, uncertainty hurt U.S. companies
U.S. companies “are really living, it seems, permanently in uncertainty city,” as the Trump administration’s tariff policy looms…
this is life under Cuba’s ‘war economy’
The smell of garbage is overwhelming and intense under the Caribbean sun. The accumulated waste is such that…