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Fed Decision Looms: Why a Hawkish Hold Could Send Shockwaves Through Bonds and Mortgages
The Federal Reserve's July meeting is clouded by the highest policy uncertainty since 2024. Even if rates stay on hold, ...
Colombia’s wealth tax has raised COP 49 trillion over 20 years – but its economic role is smaller than it seems
Revenue from the wealth and equity tax reached COP 49 trillion between 2006 and 2025. In the first half of 2026, COP 776...
How Nigeria Governed Its Way into Debt: From 1970s Oil Boom to Borrowing Trap
Decades of treating temporary oil wealth as permanent income, widespread corruption, and weak institutions turned a hist...
Investors Position for a Hawkish Fed Hold Amid Inflation Anxiety and Oil Volatility
With oil volatile and inflation expectations at risk, Wall Street braces for a hawkish Fed hold. Dissent and rising vola...
Australia’s Q2 Inflation Cools Below Forecasts, Easing RBA Rate Hike Fears
Consumer price growth slowed more than expected in the second quarter, giving the Reserve Bank of Australia room to hold...
Fed Holds Rates as Hawks Eye Hikes Amid Iran War Inflation Surge
The US Federal Reserve is set to keep rates at 3.50-3.75%, but surging oil prices from the Iran conflict are pushing som...
Spain Greenlights Final Recovery Plan Addendum to Unlock EU Funds and Trim Public Debt
Madrid approves revised milestones to secure the seventh and final NextGen payment of up to €24.4 billion, while also us...
Chile’s Central Bank Holds Rate at 4.5% as Middle East Tensions Cloud Outlook
The Banco Central de Chile left its benchmark rate unchanged at 4.5%, citing renewed oil price shocks from the US-Iran c...
Peru’s Fujimori Proposes 15% Minimum Wage Hike to S/1,300 Despite Informality Risks
President Keiko Fujimori’s plan to lift Peru’s minimum wage to S/1,300 faces scepticism from economists who warn it coul...
Chile’s Biminister Mas Warns of ‘Months of Bad News’ on Jobs as Business Groups Pitch Recovery Plans
Economy and Labor Minister Mas met with the CPC to launch “Modo Empleo” and heard sectoral proposals to lift employment,...
Colombia’s Comptroller Launches Early Audit of Finance Ministry as Fiscal Alarm Bells Ring
Cash pressures, a record debt issuance, a controversial bond swap and a yawning gap between tax targets and actual colle...
Key Fed Inflation Gauge Expected to Cool in June; Rate‑Hike Bets Still Alive
Economists see the PCE index slowing to a 3.8% annual pace on lower fuel costs, but core inflation remains sticky and tr...
Chile’s June Commerce Data Signals Economic Rebound, Santander Reports
Santander’s analysis of sector indices suggests Chile’s Imacec expanded 2.5% in June, ending five months of declines, th...
French Unemployment Edges Up 0.8% in Q2, Youth Bear the Brunt of the Reversal
The number of fully jobless people registered with France Travail rose to 3.32 million, reversing a first-quarter declin...
Politburo Holds Off on Big Stimulus, Pivots to Urban Renewal as China’s GDP Hits 5.3%
China’s top leaders signal policy continuity for H2 2025, with no imminent rate cuts or property bailout. Beijing aims t...
Czech PM: 2027 Budget Deficit Will Be 'Significantly Below' CZK 400 Billion
Prime Minister Babiš commits to a 2027 deficit well under CZK 400 billion, with an EU structural target of 2.9% of GDP, ...
Greece's Brain Drain Reversal: Why Most Emigrants Are Returning and What Really Drives Them
More than two-thirds of the Greeks who left during the debt crisis have returned, but new research shows family and qual...
How the US Section 301 Tariff's 10% Levy Will Reshape Indian Export Competitiveness
A new 10% US tariff on Indian imports under Section 301 is stoking exporter anxiety, yet many sectors face similar hurdl...
Under Warsh, Higher U.S. Rates May Not Derail the Bull Market — Here’s Why
As the Fed signals a more hawkish path under Kevin Warsh, a new analysis challenges the assumption that rising rates aut...
IMF's Georgieva Applauds Milei's Austerity as Argentina Clinches Budget Surplus, Yet Social Strain Deepens
IMF chief Georgieva commended Argentina's falling inflation and first budget surplus in 14 years, yet industrial output ...
IMF Chief Tells Argentina to ‘Keep Buying’ as Milei’s Economic Plan Wins Rare Public Endorsement
Kristalina Georgieva’s visit to Buenos Aires delivered unusually explicit backing for the government’s fiscal and reserv...
Australian Ambassador: Egypt Can Capture Share of $40bn Africa Mining Investments
Axel Wabenhorst tells Al Borsa that Egypt’s new mining concessions, infrastructure upgrades and reforms position it to a...
India's Exporters Face 10% US Tariff, But Rivals Like Vietnam and China Face 12.5%
The US has imposed an additional 10% Section 301 tariff on Indian imports, but many competitors pay 12.5%. With careful ...
IMF Chief Georgieva Praises Milei's Austerity, Says Argentina Has Regained Market Confidence
During a rare visit to Buenos Aires, IMF head Kristalina Georgieva declared Argentina is now in a much stronger position...
Mexico Among Least Harmed by Trump's Latest Tariff Overhaul, Thanks to USMCA Shield
New US tariff regime under Section 301 raises duties for 60 economies, but Mexico’s exports remain sheltered by the trad...
Aussie Inflation Above 3.9% Would Trigger August Rate Hike, Economists Warn
Economists say Wednesday's trimmed mean CPI is the RBA's make-or-break moment, with a print above 3.9 per cent making an...
Argentine Peso Stable, Gap from Devaluation Ceiling Widens as Reserves Climb
The official wholesale dollar held at ARS 1,497, far from the ARS 1,839.93 band ceiling, while the blue dollar hit a new...
West Asia Conflict Could Double India’s Fertiliser Subsidy to Rs 3.42 Lakh Crore
Rising global energy costs from the West Asia conflict are pushing India’s fertiliser import bill sharply higher, potent...
Nigeria, South Africa Can Weather New US Tariffs, but Export Diversification Now Urgent
Economists say America’s latest Section 301 tariffs will have a limited direct hit on Nigeria and South Africa because k...
US Core Capital Goods Orders Climb 0.9% in June as Shipments Surge 1.9%
New orders for American-made capital goods rose more than expected, and shipments jumped at the fastest pace in months, ...