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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...
Wildfire Smoke Is Already an Earnings Problem — and We Keep Choosing to Ignore It
New research ties wildfire smoke to a 2% U.S. labor-income hit, yet behavior still lags the risk. That gap has direct op...
Klingbeil Proposes Scrapping €1,080 Tax-Free Staff Discounts, Angering Coalition
A draft tax-reform bill would end the annual tax-free allowance for employee discounts, saving Germany €240 million a ye...
China's Financial Regulator Orders Faster Small-Bank Consolidation and Property Credit Fix
Under new party chief Ding Xiangqun, the NFRA is pushing weak rural banks toward consolidation, expanding a property whi...
IMF Sees $4.7 Billion of Egypt State Divestment Proceeds Going to Debt Reduction
The estimate is conditional on completing remaining asset sales and allocating at least half to debt, while the fund war...
US 30-Year Treasury Yield Hits 25-Year High as Deficit Financing Costs Mount
A 30-year auction priced at 5.216% and a 10-year sale at 4.683% show investors demanding more for US debt as July's defi...
Is a New Global Financial Map Forming? IMEMO’s Vladimir Milovidov on Gold, the Dollar and Sanctions
An Interfax interview with economist Vladimir Milovidov argues global finance is fragmenting in limited but visible ways...
Nara Keeps 'Recovering' Call for 16th Quarter, but Frugal Shoppers and Mixed Output Persist
The July regional report kept its recovery verdict, but flagged price-driven consumer frugality, two-tier store demand, ...
US Inflation Stays at 3.4% as 25-Year-High Bond Yields and Soft Jobs Data Test the Fed
US inflation is stuck at 3.4%, long-term Treasury yields have hit 25-year highs above 5%, and weak job creation is compl...
Chile's Court Keeps Investment Tax Breaks, Kills Environmental Compensation Clause
Constitutional ruling leaves most investment invariability intact but strikes state compensation for revoked environment...
US places Brazil in group accused of helping China evade Trump tariffs
A White House report puts Brazil among more than 40 countries it says help reroute Chinese goods to dodge US tariffs, al...
Brazil Opens Reciprocity Process Against US Over Trump Tariffs
The Lula government has formally notified Washington that it is starting the Economic Reciprocity Law process, a step th...
SBI Projects 8% Q1 FY27 GDP Growth and Up to $85 Billion in Foreign-Currency Inflows
The bank's economics team says the Indian economy is holding up on 19.3% credit growth, a rebound in FII flows and a sho...
PBOC Sets Lending Priorities: Domestic Demand, Tech and Small Business
China's central bank says it will keep monetary policy accommodative and steer credit toward domestic demand, innovation...
Argentina's Central Bank Chief Says Economy Is Growing Far Below Government Hopes
BCRA President Santiago Bausili puts growth near 2% annually, points to reviving credit and identifies missing long-term...
France's 2027 Budget Reopens the Pension Indexation Fight
Bercy is again weighing a freeze or partial de-indexation of pensions, while one public-sector consultant says a multi-y...
Romania's External Debt Rises to €232.8 Billion as Foreign Investment Collapses
BNR data show external debt rose €4.3bn to €232.8bn in H1 2026, the current account gap widened to €14.2bn, and foreign ...
Moody’s: Peru’s New Government Gets a Robust Fiscal Hand, but Not an Automatic Rating Upgrade
Moody’s says Peru’s incoming administration starts from a “robust” fiscal position, but the road back to an “A” rating r...
Bruegel Chief Warns EU Must Speak With One Voice as US-China Trade Tensions Rise
Guntram Wolff says the tariff truce with Washington may be temporary and outlines why the EU needs a coordinated digital...
India's Capital Comeback Rests on Debt, FCNR Deposits and a Current Account Surplus
A June FCNR(B) swap window and record debt inflows are outweighing persistent equity outflows, giving the RBI a rare ext...
CommBank: Cost-of-living squeeze may ease by 2027 as wages cool
CommBank's July Wage and Labour Insight report points to easing inflation and a more balanced jobs market, but near-term...
Africa’s $74.5bn Risk Premium: The Case for Home-Grown Credit Ratings
UN adviser Ahunna Eziakonwa says biased sovereign risk perceptions cost Africa an estimated $74.5bn in extra debt-servic...
Cooler July Inflation Gives Fed Room to Hold Rates in September
Lower-than-expected CPI and PPI readings have shifted market bets from a September hike to no change, but the August 26 ...
Turkey's Service Output Rises 1.3% in June but Sub-Sector Gaps Widen
Information and communication services led with a 9.4% yearly gain, while real estate contracted 8.8%, highlighting a sh...
Portuguese firms see modest H2 upturn as bureaucracy stays top brake
A July AEP survey of 400 Portuguese firms finds 84.2% name bureaucracy as their biggest constraint, while 53.9% expect d...
US Borrows at Highest 10-Year Yield Since 2007 as Inflation Cools
July's 0.1% monthly CPI gain trimmed September Fed hike odds, but the Treasury sold 10-year notes at 4.683%—the highest ...
Kazakhstan's FDI Turns Negative in 2025 as Oil Project Outflows Hit $7.5bn
Kazakhstan posted a $916.4m net FDI outflow in 2025, the only EAEU economy in negative territory, as large oil projects ...
Montenegro's Growth Model Has Hit Its Limits, Chamber Chief Warns
Nina Drakić says consumption, tourism and imports delivered two decades of growth but left productivity below 2006 level...
Mozambique Cuts Foreign Card Payment Limit to €40,700 a Year
Banco de Moçambique has halved the annual cap on foreign card payments from €81,400 to €40,700 per cardholder, tightenin...