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Yuan firms as traders track Iran war, weigh strength of China's economy
SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT China's yuan strengthened slightly on Thursday as the dollar index corrected and traders weighed signs of China's economic resilience against the country's unattractive yields. Eyes are also on the US-Israeli war on…
The three questions driving the economy
Whether it was how artificial intelligence (AI) and President Trump's tariffs are impacting the economy or the future of energy markets, speakers at the event, sponsored by Tokyo Electron, touched on a variety of topics. Here are three questions…
The Agentic AI Economy: Why ROI Depends On Algorithmic Accountability
Abhishek Kumar, Director of IT Solutions at ICONMA, helping regulated enterprises build scalable, secure AI and data ecosystems. The enterprise artificial intelligence landscape is undergoing a profound structural evolution, shifting…
Massachusetts tops WalletHub ranking of state economies
Massachusetts has the best economy in the country — at least according to a new WalletHub ranking released on Monday. After the personal finance company compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 28 indicators of economic…
How Restricting Girls' Education Damages Afghanistan's Economy
Continued restrictions on girls' education and women's labor force participation are violating their rights and weakening the country's human capital base — with serious consequences for future growth, public services and social stability…
The economy is creating more jobs, but these groups are having trouble finding work
The worst time to find a job since the pandemic might be over, but it isn't easy for many people, especially younger ones, to get hired in today's economy. The May employment report, due Friday, will offer more clues on whether a broad rebound in…
Hong Kong lawmakers urge transformation of marine resources into economic engines
The Legislative Council passed a non-binding motion on Thursday to promote the development of Hong Kong's marine economy, with lawmakers, led by Election Committee constituency member Andrew Fan Chun-wah, calling on the government to leverage…
The 3 Bets On AI Coming For The Operator Economy
In April, a self-storage roll-up hired AI's first chief from Nvidia. The choice operators make next is a wager on one of three rival theses about how agentic AI actually reaches the back office. In April, a self-storage company in Raleigh, North…
Bessent becomes top salesman for Trump's economic nationalism
Bessent then laid out what he described as decades of economic mistakes from both parties. “We told ourselves that so long as goods were cheaper overseas, it did not matter whether factories went dark in Michigan, Ohio, or…
Trump has made our K-shaped economy even worse | Steven Greenhouse
In case you're not familiar with the concept of the K-shaped economy, it's an important idea that captures a lot about Trump's America. Wealthy Americans are represented by the line of the K that angles sharply upward to the right, while the line…
Is the US Economy Dangerously Dependent on the Rich?
The idea of a “K-shaped economy” has become one of the most persistent themes about the US economy: While some households continue to thrive, in particular the wealthy ones, everyone else falls further behind. On this episode of…
The United States Of Austrian Economics
Earlier in the week, on Monday, Axios reported that “Iran threatened to abandon the negotiations with the US over Israel's actions in Lebanon,” with inside sources suggesting that Trump called Netanyahu “crazy.” While…
Opinion | India Is Losing Its Economic Edge
Sadanand Dhume writes the biweekly East is East column on India and South Asia. He focuses on the region's politics, economics and foreign policy. Mr. Dhume is also a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Previously he was a senior…
Inflation and ICE fears threaten to dampen World Cup economic benefits
When the U.S. last hosted the World Cup in 1994, the event drew unexpectedly large crowds. At that time, soccer wasn't as popular among Americans as it is now, so expectations for attendance had been fairly low. So as the U.S. prepared to host the…
Prolonged energy disruption from Iran war would be severe blow to global economy: Research
A new economic outlook released Wednesday indicates that a prolonged disruption of energy supplies resulting from the war in Iran would deliver a severe blow to the global economy, likely causing countries to slip into recession and leading to…
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