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thehindu.com - Kapil Kapoor - Care economy is a fundamental economic growth strategy
Care economy is a fundamental economic growth strategy
The Hindu

What if one of Asia's biggest barriers to economic growth is something that barely appears in the national accounts? Across Asia, millions of women are unable to take up a job, work longer hours or pursue a career because someone must care for a…

scmp.com - Nicholas Spiro - Macroscope | Bond market revolt signals fading confidence in US economic leadership
Macroscope | Bond market revolt signals fading confidence in US economic leadership
South China Morning Post

Two years ago, the prospect of a trade war between the United States and Canada, two of the world's most closely integrated economies, would have been unthinkable. However, US President Donald Trump's recklessness and capriciousness know no bounds.

patriotpost.us - Bessent's Operation Economic Outcast
Bessent's Operation Economic Outcast
The Patriot Post

On Aug. 5, I wrote a column entitled 'Scott Bessent's Money Ammo.' When I wrote that column, the secretary of Treasury had already fired several powerful economic rounds aimed at Iran's Islamic terrorist regime. But the tough guys in the Islamic…

townhall.com - Dmitri Bolt - America's Nostalgia Problem Is Becoming an Economic Problem
America's Nostalgia Problem Is Becoming an Economic Problem
Townhall

What that view lacks is not merely perspective, but gratitude. Consider the refrigerator. Older Americans often insist that the refrigerator from their youth was superior to anything available today. It never broke, never needed replacement, and…

bloomberg.com - William Horobin - Macron's Potential Successors Clash Over French Economic Future
Macron's Potential Successors Clash Over French Economic Future
Bloomberg

French presidential candidates will present their policies to business leaders on Thursday, outlining starkly divergent paths for the euro area's second largest economy as Emmanuel Macron's decade in power draws to an end. Seven of the declared…

thehill.com - Alexander Bolton - Republicans divided over pre-election stimulus push as economy slows
Republicans divided over pre-election stimulus push as economy slows
The Hill

Republicans on Capitol Hill are divided over whether to make a last-ditch push to enact legislation to stimulate the economy and cheer up voters before Election Day as the latest federal data shows the economy is slowing and inflation remains a…

rediff.com - Nandita Malik - S&P Global Affirms India's 'BBB' Sovereign Rating: Economic Growth & Policy Predictability
S&P Global Affirms India's 'BBB' Sovereign Rating: Economic Growth & Policy Predictability
Rediff.com

S&P Global Ratings has affirmed India's 'BBB' sovereign credit rating with a stable outlook, underscoring the nation's dynamic and fast-growing economy, robust external balance sheet, and predictable policy environment. S&P Global Ratings has…

foxnews.com - Paul Tilsley - US counters China as Beijing's 'shock wave' hits African economies
US counters China as Beijing's 'shock wave' hits African economies
Fox News

A top State Department official has hit out at China for what analysts are calling ‘the China shock wave' effect now crippling African economies. African manufacturing is reportedly being battered by a surge of Chinese imports. It's a triple…

fastcompany.com - Robert Safian - The economy looks stable. The Chicago Fed president isn't relaxing
The economy looks stable. The Chicago Fed president isn't relaxing
Fast Company

The economy is strong, prices are still too high, and the job market is sending mixed signals. The Federal Reserve is navigating all of it while fending off the most overt political pressure in its modern history. Ahead of the central bank's…

cnn.com - Mostafa Salem - 'We will retaliate like an earthquake:' How Iran could respond to Trump's economic 'D-Day'
'We will retaliate like an earthquake:' How Iran could respond to Trump's economic 'D-Day'
CNN

As Washington launches its latest plan to cripple Iran's economy, the Islamic Republic has threatened a regional and global response designed to raise the stakes for the United States and the world.

seekingalpha.com - Bret Jensen - AI Is Nearly The Only Thing Keeping The U.S. Economy Afloat
AI Is Nearly The Only Thing Keeping The U.S. Economy Afloat
Seeking Alpha

Current market valuations rival the late 1990s but lack broad economic support beyond AI infrastructure spending. Housing and job markets are weak, with housing activity moribund and job growth anemic compared to 1999. Consumer sentiment is near…

zerohedge.com - Tyler Durden - The $150 Trillion Global Economy In 2030
The $150 Trillion Global Economy In 2030
Zero Hedge

The world economy is projected to exceed $150 trillion by 2030, with significant growth coming from emerging markets in Asia. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Gabriel Cohen shows countries' projected nominal gross domestic product (GDP)…

bloomberg.com - Curtis Heinzl - Maine, Alaska Catch Economic Break as Canada Drops Fish Tariffs
Maine, Alaska Catch Economic Break as Canada Drops Fish Tariffs
Bloomberg

Canada canceled planned tariffs on about C$1.1 billion ($794 million) of American fish and seafood products, a break for Maine and Alaska, both major fish exporters and key states in the midterm battle for control of the US Senate. The changes were…

afr.com - John Bolton - Trump's economic D-Day is an electoral tactic, not an Iran solution
Trump's economic D-Day is an electoral tactic, not an Iran solution
Australian Financial Review

In threatening to launch significant new economic sanctions against Iran and the countries that enable its economy, Donald Trump is focused on America's November midterm elections. His objectives are not geostrategic, but electoral: to avoid blame…

iol.co.za - Wendy Dondolo - No wildlife, no tourists: Bushmeat poaching hits SA economy
No wildlife, no tourists: Bushmeat poaching hits SA economy
IOL

North-West University tourism researcher says bushmeat poaching is depleting wildlife populations and threatening South Africa's tourism economy, South Africa's thriving wildlife tourism industry is under growing threat from bushmeat poaching, with…

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