Global Economy

Sep 19, 2026 • By Arthur Sterling

Oracle $18bn Data Centre Debt Faces Strain Amid New Mexico Opposition

Oracle $18bn Data Centre Debt Under StrainInvestors are increasingly hesitant as the Oracle $18bn data centre debt confronts…

Sep 19, 2026 • By Victor Hale

Kevin Warsh monetarism Signals a Paradigm Shift at the Federal Reserve

Kevin Warsh monetarism has emerged as the defining theme of the Federal Reserve’s latest policy briefing, a development…

Sep 17, 2026 • By Victor Hale

Comex Gold Slides 1.4% as Silver Drops 2.5% – Market Analysis

Comex Gold Prices Slip FurtherOn Tuesday, Comex gold settled ↓ 1.4%, marking a second decline in the last…

Sep 16, 2026 • By Victor Hale

Tariff Refunds Trigger $100 Billion Payouts to Workers’ Retirement Funds

After the Supreme Court nullified the IEEPA tariffs in March, the Treasury has returned over $100 billion in tariff…

Sep 16, 2026 • By Arthur Sterling

Tariff Refunds Spark Unprecedented Employee Bonuses as Firms Reallocate $100 Billion Windfall

How tariff refunds are reshaping corporate compensation In March, after the Supreme Court nullified President Donald Trump’s IEEPA…

Sep 16, 2026 • By Victor Hale

Bank of England slave trade ties expose deep roots in Britain’s financial system

Bank of England slave trade uncovered in historic studyNew research compiled in the Register of British Slave Traders…

Sep 15, 2026 • By Victor Hale

Why the IKEA Strategy Beats the Middle‑Class Margin Collapse

IKEA strategy: a blueprint for affordability in a fractured economyWhile SpaceX’s IPO vaulted Elon Musk to trillion‑dollar status,…

Sep 15, 2026 • By Victor Hale

Buy Now Pay Later Groceries Surge: How 30% of Americans Are Raising Prices for All

Buy Now Pay Later Groceries Impact on Retail PricesIn the checkout lane of a typical U.S. supermarket, roughly…

Sep 13, 2026 • By Victor Hale

Wildfire Costs Surge as U.S. Faces One of Its Most Active Seasons

Wildfire Costs Across the United StatesBy early September, the United States is on track for one of the…

Sep 13, 2026 • By Leo Carmichael

Reglobalization in Motion: How FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam Is Steering the New Supply‑Chain Era

When the world’s trade arteries twitch, few executives can read the signal as clearly as FedEx chief Raj…

Sep 12, 2026 • By Leo Carmichael

Board Governance Meets Horizontal Risk: The Crumbling Foundations of Traditional Oversight

Board Governance in a Horizontal Risk World The architecture of corporate oversight was forged in an era of…

Sep 12, 2026 • By Leo Carmichael

Pricing Algorithm Cartels: How Amazon’s ‘Project Nessie’ and German Gas Stations Reveal a Hidden Competition Threat

Pricing Algorithm Collusion: The Ghost Cartel Phenomenon A recent antitrust filing alleges that Amazon’s internal “Project Nessie” pricing…

Sep 12, 2026 • By Victor Hale

Oil Surge Gives BRICS Edge: Iran at the BRICS table Reshapes Power Balance

Iran at the BRICS table Rising crude prices, now averaging ↑ 7% over the past month, have amplified…

Sep 11, 2026 • By Leo Carmichael

US inflation persists, Warsh faces mounting pressure to raise rates

Warsh’s policy committee is under growing pressure as US inflation held at ↓ 3.4% in August, defying expectations…

Sep 11, 2026 • By Victor Hale

Chinese Government Bonds Rise as Safe‑Haven Choice, Says Gavekal’s Louis‑Vincent Gave

At the Fortune Leaders Forum in Macau on Sept. 8, Gavekal founder Louis‑Vincent Gave warned that investors facing systemic…

Sep 09, 2026 • By Victor Hale

Why the Peruvian Monetary System Can’t Rescue Venezuela’s Economy

The National Assembly in Caracas is wrestling with proposals to halt hyperinflation and retire the bolivar. Some legislators…