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Trump's 50% Canada Tariffs Hit Whisky, Dairy and Hockey Gear as Ottawa Retaliates
The new duties began at 12:01 Saturday after Canada suspended talks, and Ottawa's dollar-for-dollar counter-tariffs now ...
Nigeria's CPPE: Reversing Economic Reforms Would Hit FX Stability and Investor Confidence
The private-sector lobby CPPE says Nigeria's economic reform scorecard shows stronger revenues, reserves and GDP growth,...
Peru's Minimum Wage Rise to S/1,300 Will Lift Some Higher-Paid Workers Too
Peru's planned RMV increase from S/1,130 to S/1,300 goes beyond the lowest-paid: family allowances and night-work minimu...
Brazil's Next President Must Open With a Political Pact to Avert Fiscal Crisis
With gross debt at 81.9% of GDP and social-security spending above R$1 trillion a year, economists argue only credible s...
Canada Announces September 8 Tariffs on U.S. Steel, Electronics and Dairy
Ottawa is matching Washington's tariffs after USMCA talks collapsed, targeting U.S. steel, dairy, electronics and househ...
France's Richest Already Pay Proportionally More Tax, Peyrelevade Argues
A French parliamentary inquiry has forced the tax authority to publish long-held top-income data, reviving a dispute ove...
Brazil's Finance Minister Rejects Retail Crisis Talk, Vows Fiscal Tightening to Lower Rates
Brazil's finance minister says high rates are squeezing credit-dependent retailers such as Casas Bahia, but rejects a ge...
Japan's Core Inflation Accelerates to 1.8% in July, Raising BoJ Rate Bets
Japanese core CPI rose 1.8% year-on-year in July, a second straight acceleration, while government energy measures cloud...
Brazil Industrial Policy Chief: Subsidized Credit Lifts Investment, Not Inflation
Uallace Moreira says government credit lines target machinery, fleets and innovation to lift potential GDP; he concedes ...
China's 320 Million 'Flexible Workers': A Labour Market Red Flag or New Normal?
A university-linked study projects 320 million Chinese workers—44% of the employed population—will be in flexible employ...
US Public Debt Tops $40 Trillion as Long-Term Yields Hit 18-Year High
The Treasury is doubling buybacks of long-term bonds after 30-year yields touched 5.34%, the highest since 2007, deepeni...
UK Hiring Stalls as Oil and Bond Yields Threaten Inflation Fight
UK payrolled employment is falling and vacancies are at the lowest outside the pandemic since 2014, while Brent crude ab...
SBI Research Sees $50 Billion Balance-of-Payments Surplus for FY27 as Inflows Surge
The bank expects another $25–30 billion in FCNR(B) inflows this month, taking total collections to around $85 billion an...
China's July Data Show Weak Demand Behind Booming AI and Equipment Sectors
Industrial output, retail sales and investment all cooled in July, while AI-linked manufacturing surged. Analysts argue ...
Smaller Cities Now Generate Most of India's Foreign Exchange Demand
A Thomas Cook India report shows tier-2 and tier-3 cities account for 53% of forex demand, with leisure travel at 57% of...
India's $20-Trillion-by-2036 Plan: Five Engines, 20 Reforms and a Rupee Bet
The Equirus policy report says India must let services climb from $2 trillion to more than $11 trillion, release trapped...
Jordan's Inflation Accelerates to 2.7% in July, Lifting Seven-Month Rate to 2.13%
Annual consumer price growth in Jordan reached 2.7% in July, up from 1.68% a year earlier, while the first seven months ...
German Firms Cut US Direct Investment by 65% as Trump Tariffs Bite
New IW data show German direct investment in the US fell to €4.3bn in the first half — a 65% year-on-year drop — undermi...
Brazil Job Confidence Hits Survey High as Retail and Temporary Hiring Lift Outlook
FGV's July labour market survey shows 59.3% of Brazilians see little risk of losing their job, the highest share in the ...
Vance Questions the Dollar's Global Role as Washington Weighs a Weaker Currency
The vice president's long-held concern that the strong dollar benefits consumers at the expense of US producers is back ...
Germany Needs Structural Reform, Not Just More Debt, Strategist Argues
Robert Halver warns that Germany’s old export model has lost its geopolitical tailwinds — and that debt without competit...
India’s New Push to See Economic Growth District by District
A June district GDP framework and a Budget 2026-27 proposal to map City Economic Regions signal a more granular approach...
Land, GST and FDI Predictability Are India's Real Test for 2047
Economists say land-record fixes, a predictable investment policy and completing GST and labour reform matter more than ...
Mining Overtakes Bananas as Ecuador's No. 2 Export Behind Shrimp
Ecuador's non-oil exports hit a first-half record of $14.65bn as mining shipments rose 41% to $2.63bn, displacing banana...
Brussels Says Green Supply-Chain Laws Are Not Up for Negotiation as US Trade Pressure Mounts
Washington wants the CSDDD and CSRD softened to protect US exporters, but Brussels says its regulatory autonomy is off t...
Australia’s Food Delivery Riders Gain Minimum Pay and Protections From Monday
A first-of-its-kind Fair Work Commission order takes effect from Monday, setting a pay floor of $31.30–$32.00 for Austra...
Colombia Asks Washington to Suspend US Tariffs After 7.4 Quake Kills 294
President de la Espriella has asked Donald Trump for temporary tariff relief for Colombian exporters as the August 10 ea...
Brazil’s Tax Reform Leaves a Key Question Unanswered: Will Shelf Prices Show or Hide Tax?
Retailers and tax authorities are divided over whether Brazil’s new consumption tax will appear in advertised prices, wh...
U.S. Consumer Sentiment Slides to 51.0 as Conflict-Driven Inflation Fears Return
The University of Michigan index fell from 55.2 to 51.0 in August, reversing two months of gains as households raised ne...
Cape Verde President Promulgates Revised 2026 State Budget of €942 Million
The rectified budget raises state spending from €868m to €942m, with new funds for education, oncology and kidney transp...