Shared beds, shrinking budgets: China’s young workers feel economic squeeze
Chinese sales agent Winnie Zeng has taken an unusual step to protect herself from an uncertain future: she…
Who will pay the price to keep NZ Super affordable?
Economists say two new Treasury papers make it clear there’s no easy fix to keep New Zealand’s pension…
Chinese manufacturing slows in July in first contraction in 5 months
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s factory activity unexpectedly slowed in July, the first such contraction in five months,…
One country holds an estimated twenty-four trillion dollars in mineral wealth beneath its soil — cobalt and copper, the very metals that power the phones and electric cars of the modern world — and it remains among the five poorest nations on Earth
The cobalt in a phone bought in Sydney or Seoul almost certainly came out of the ground in…
10 Thursday AM Reads – The Big Picture
My morning train WFH reads: • The economy is just a VIP list now: The economy increasingly rewards…
Colorado sees record year for tourism, despite slowing growth
A record 96.8 million travelers in Colorado spent $29.2 billion in 2025, a slight increase from 2024 and…
BOJ holds rates at 1%, warns of core inflation above target
A Japanese flag at the Bank of Japan (BOJ) headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, June 30, 2026.…
China’s auto industry is faster, cheaper and better. Here’s how the West can close the gap
When Covid ended and the blanket lifted, Western auto executives got the shock of their careers. China hadn’t just kept…
US filings for jobless benefits rise to 197K, but layoffs remain historically low
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but layoffs remain in the…
South Korea’s Kospi index jumps more than 16%
BANGKOK (AP) — South Korea’s Kospi index jumped more than 16% on Friday, tracking gains on Wall Street…
‘Am I paying for the vibes?’ Gen Z says it hates capitalism, but their spending patterns show they just don’t like being ripped off
Felipe W., a 20-something Yelp Elite reviewer in Dallas, put it bluntly when describing what he looks for…
My Day in the Gig Economy
This story was co-published and supported by the journalism non-profit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. I…