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Trump Confirms US Joined Yen-Buying Intervention as 'Gesture of Friendship' for Japan
US President Donald Trump confirmed Washington helped buy yen in a rare coordinated intervention with Japan, after the c...
How the Census Bureau Turns Experimental Data Products Into Official Statistics
The Census Bureau's expanded experimental data catalog shows how new surveys — from household pulse checks to satellite-...
Saudi Arabia's Economy Shrinks 4.8% in Q2, Sharpest Drop Since Pandemic
Preliminary data show Saudi GDP fell 4.8% year on year in Q2 2026 as the Strait of Hormuz crisis cut oil output by 24.7%...
Poland's Euro Debate Heats Up as the 'Optimal Currency Area' Refrain Gets Scrutiny
Poland's eurozone debate is reviving, and an influential argument against entry — that Poland is no 'optimal currency ar...
Angola Aims to Attract Better Investment, Not Just More Investment
AIPEX's Arlindo Rangel says Angola now measures success by implemented projects, jobs and exports — and is leaning on ar...
Angola Reassures: Kwanza in SADC Payment System Won't Drain Forex Reserves
The BNA says adding the kwanza as a settlement currency to the SADC-RTGS will not dent international reserves and should...
China's 15th Five-Year Plan Puts Financial Power, Risk Control at Core
Beijing's 2026-2030 blueprint makes 'financial power' a formal goal for the first time, ordering stricter regulation and...
German Unemployment Passes Three Million Again as July Data Swells
Germany's jobless count returned above three million in July, lifting the unemployment rate to 6.4 percent — though most...
China Vows Response as US Expands Forced-Labor Import Ban to 187 Firms
Washington adds 43 Chinese companies to its forced-labor import blacklist, prompting Chinese retaliation threats ahead o...
1926 Census: Soviet Wages Recovered to 1913 Levels — but No Further
The first All-Union census shows NEP-era recovery restored workers' real purchasing power to 1913 levels by 1926/27 — wh...
FOMC Calendar Update: Fed Publishes Meeting Schedule and Minutes Timeline
The Federal Reserve's FOMC has published its meeting calendar, confirming eight regular sessions a year, a three-week mi...
China's PBOC Keeps Policy Moderately Loose, Vows Fresh Incremental Tools in H2 2026
The People's Bank of China will hold its monetary stance 'moderately loose' for the rest of 2026, promising new incremen...
Five Proposals to Stop the ‘Silent Erosion’ of German Industry
A leading German daily warns that politically self-inflicted investment weakness is eroding the country’s research-inten...
China vs India: What a Decade of Data Says About Two Development Models
China bet on factories, India on services. A decade of trade data shows neither model delivers cleanly — and neither is ...
German Unemployment Tops 3 Million in July as Labor Market Weakness Persists
Germany's jobless count topped three million in July, up 71,000 month on month, with the rate at 6.4%. The labor agency ...
Brazil's Gross Public Debt Hits 81.9% of GDP, Highest Since 2021
Brazil's gross government debt rose 0.9 percentage points in June to 81.9% of GDP, the highest since April 2021, as inte...
World Bank Warns Heat Could Cost South Asia 7% of Economy by 2050
A World Bank report says extreme heat already costs South Asia the equivalent of 31 million jobs a year and warns 520 mi...
Dutch Economy Turns More Negative in July as Investment Slump Offsets Export Gains
Nine of thirteen CBS Business Cycle Tracer indicators sit below trend; exports and household spending still grow, but in...
US GDP Growth Slows to 1.5% in Q2 2026 as Consumer Spending Holds Up
US real GDP grew at a 1.5% annual rate in Q2 2026, down from 2.1% in Q1, as consumer spending accelerated while governme...
South Korea's Apparel Imports Inch Up to $5.6B in H1 2026; Textile Exports Soften
Apparel imports reached $5.6 billion in the first half, while exports of textile inputs declined on weak global demand a...
China's Cabinet Maps Out New Five-Year Plan Start, Approves Four Nuclear Projects
Beijing will lean on incremental policy support, accelerate 'six major networks' infrastructure and add four nuclear pla...
Germany's Destatis to Close Economic Indicators Page; Data Moves to Two Portals
Destatis will stop updating its Konjunkturindikatoren webpage in October 2026 and shut it down in early 2027; the data s...
How Germany Tracks Its Businesses: SMEs, Global Giants and the EU Data Reset
Destatis explains its enterprise statistics — from an SME-dominated business register to a dedicated unit policing how m...
Bulgaria's Unemployment Rate Edges Up to 3% in June, Still Half the EU Average
Bulgaria's jobless rate rose slightly to 3% in June, Eurostat data show, leaving the country tied with Cyprus for the lo...
Argentina Moves to Shield Central Bank Chief Bausili Beyond Milei's Term
Buenos Aires wants a charter reform that could keep Santiago Bausili at the BCRA until 2028 and force any future governm...
Milei Proposes Permanent Fiscal Lock, Capital Market Liberalization and Insurance Overhaul
Argentina’s president unveiled three interconnected bills: a constitutional fiscal balance mandate with automatic govern...
Milei Proposes Central Bank Reform to Lock in Anti-Inflation Orthodoxy, Assure Markets
Argentina’s President Javier Milei unveiled a bill to revamp the Central Bank’s organic charter, restricting monetary fi...
Rupee Won't Hit 100 Even at $105 Oil, Kotak Securities Says in Scenario Analysis
The brokerage’s head of equity research lays out how crude shocks would feed into India’s inflation, growth, and currenc...
Colombian Peso Surges 38% in Second-Biggest Revaluation This Century
Since late 2022, the Colombian peso has strengthened 38% against the dollar, driven by a weak greenback, high oil prices...
Colombia's 2027 Budget Slashes Roads and Education, Faces COP 30 Trillion Financing Hole
The Petro government's COP 575.6 trillion spending plan for 2027 cuts infrastructure and education sharply yet still has...