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[In This Economy] The populist economics of SONA 2026
If you sat through President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday, July 27, you may have noticed a common thread: giveaways. Cash aid, tax exemptions, higher pensions, cheaper electricity, free medicines. All…
Kumamoto Prefecture gripped by massive economic fallout after earthquake
The powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday has caused widespread disruption to regional economic activity, damaging commercial facilities and factories, and impacting logistics. A explosion occurred at a…
How AI is changing the economics of cybercrime
Cybercrime is often framed in bombastic terms: an ever-escalating arms race between increasingly sophisticated attackers and ever more desperate defenders. But, according to Fortinet's latest 2026 Global Threat Landscape Report, the more profound…
How AI Is Rewriting The Economics Of Streaming Advertising
For years, streaming advertising sold itself on abundance. More inventory. More targeting. More platforms. More viewers shifting from linear television into connected environments. The assumption was straightforward. If audiences were migrating to…
Ukraine war briefing: Wildberries attacks shake Russian economy and banking
The Kremlin has acknowledged it may have to prop up online retailer Wildberries – which has lost 10% of its warehousing capacity and huge amounts of stock in Ukrainian drone attacks. Kyiv has said its forces are attacking “Russia's…
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 now shares her rented bed with a stranger to cut costs. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Frustrated by stagnant pay and worried about losing…
Ukraine has found a new pressure point in Russia's wartime economy
Ukraine's drone attacks on Russia's biggest online retailer Wildberries have ratcheted up the pressure on Moscow's wartime economy. Wildberries is regarded as Russia's domestic equivalent to U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon. Ukraine's hope is that by…
The creator economy needs the Hollywood treatment
Spend five minutes reading the coverage coming out of Cannes this year and you'd think there weren't any movie stars left on billion-dollar yachts in the harbor. The celebrities this year were creators, all making mega deals back on shore. Brands…
El Niño Set to Upend the World Economy
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech The West Pacific has swung back into an El Niño phase, bringing nearly unprecedented heat to vast swaths of the globe. Some of El Niño's impacts are immediately…
Economics Of AI
We are stepping back to map the economics of the AI buildout and highlight where we are finding opportunities. Our lens is simple: follow the cash through the hardware layer, the hyperscalers, and the labs. The picture is far more constructive than…
When the AI boom meets the real economy
Rennie Naidoo, Professor of Information Systems at the Wits School of Business Sciences. For the past two years, the conversation around AI has focused largely on software. We debate models, benchmarks, agents and the race between technology…
Monthly Cotton Economic Newsletter: July 2026
Most cotton benchmarks rose over the past month, although gains varied across markets. Prices for the December NY/ICE futures contract increased from 75 to 82 cents/lb over the past month. Gains came in two stages. The first was around the middle…
Americans' confidence in U.S. economy falls again as Iran conflict sends gas prices higher
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans' confidence in the economy fell this month as gas prices resumed their climb after the U.S. and Iran stepped up their fighting. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 90.8 in…
BOK signals continued monetary tightening amid rising inflation, sound economic growth
Korea's central bank said Wednesday it is necessary to maintain a monetary tightening mode as inflation pressure remains high and the country's economy is likely to continuously grow. Earlier this month, the Bank of Korea (BOK) raised its benchmark…
Tourism sets record with $29.2B in boost to Colorado economy last year, governor's office says
The Colorado Tourism Office announced on Tuesday that tourism contributed a record $29.2 billion to the Colorado economy last year. The research was released by Gov. Jared Polis' office with the CTO, which is a division of the Colorado Office of…
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