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Amazon reveals plans to spend $200bn in one year the day after Bezos guts Washington Post
Amazon announced plans to spend $200bn on artificial intelligence and robotics this year, the latest tech giant to vow fresh…
Tracking Every Trump Tariff and Its Economic Effect
President Donald Trump threatened Canada with additional tariffs, saying in a social media post on Jan. 29 that he’d impose…
French Inflation Rate Unexpectedly Sinks to Five-Year Low
French inflation unexpectedly eased to a five-year low, staying well short of the European Central Bank’s 2% target as energy…
Fed’s Barkin Focused on ‘Last Mile’ to Inflation Target
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Tom Barkin said last year’s interest-rate reductions have helped bolster the labor market as…
How Scott Bessent became Trump’s golden boy
It was over a late dinner in Davos that Scott Bessent turned the Chagos deal on its head. Seated opposite…
China’s gold trading hub rattled as second platform faces payment crisis
Following the sudden demise of a major gold trading platform in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, another retail-focused operator…
Peace Through Economic Strength
Economics shapes wars. Throughout history, armies have marched and navies have sailed in conquest and defense of land, resources, trade…
China navigates US threats to anchor global shipbuilding dominance in 2025
China secured the most new shipbuilding orders globally in 2025 despite a slight dip in market share, showing enduring market…
America’s economy is ‘driving through the fog’
One of the most underrated revolutions of the past 50 years is the explosion of easily accessible data. Whether it’s…
Chinese Speculators Set the Stage for Gold and Silver Crash
In the history of the silver market, prices had traded above $40 an ounce for only a handful of brief…