It is often said the tycoons know how to put America’s fiscal house in order – but the smart money says that’s not the case When the US presidential election was called for Donald Trump, the yield on 10-year US government bonds increased...
Dr Jon Mulberg on why GDP isn’t the best gauge of economic health The use of alternative metrics to GDP has a long history within the environmental movement ( Housework to green energy: the new markers of growth in rival metric to GDP,...
UK records the second highest October borrowing since 1993, while crypto-friendly Trump pushes up bitcoin The jump in UK borrowing last month ( see opening post ) makes it hard for Rachel Reeves to reverse any of the unpopular tax...
Debt interest payments push public finances deeper into the red in fresh blow to Rachel Reeves Business live – latest updates UK politics live – latest updates The UK government borrowed more than expected in October as debt interest...
As Wall Street investors divine what a second Trump administration might mean for markets, there's talk of a new gang in town: the bond vigilantes. On today's show, where they came from, what they want, and how to tell when they're about...
The three former Caisse employees are accused of obstructing a grand jury, the FBI, and the U.S. Securities Commission, in investigations of the alleged bribery scheme
Chris critiques geopolitical tensions involving Ukraine, UK, and Russia, highlighting neoconservative influence, U.S. foreign policy, government inefficiencies, and praises Javier Milei's economic reforms in Argentina.
President-elect Donald J. Trump is assembling a team of aides bent on confrontation with China. But he also has advisers who do business there, including Elon Musk.
Mass deportations. What would actually happen—economically—if the President-elect follows through on promises to deport millions of people from America. We don't have to guess. Today we have two stories from Planet Money's daily podcast,...
Figure is above Bank of England target after energy bills push up prices Business updates – live Inflation could rise above 3% next year after it increased to 2.3% in October, heaping pressure on the Bank of England to delay further...
Episode #2 of The Signal Hour with Chris Martenson. The election just proved that X (Twitter) is the signal, however with free speech comes the challenge of doing the work to find out what is true and what is noise. Chris does the work...
US carmaker to lay off 14% of its European workforce Sterling rose after the higher-than-expected inflation figures were released, as did the yield – or interest rate – on government bonds. The pound rose as much as 0.25%, and is now...
The S&P 500 is on track for its biggest election-year gain in 88 years. Still, according to the latest Conference Board Consumer Confidence Survey, the share of US consumers expecting stocks to rise further over the next 12 months...
Rate cut unlikely until 2025 as energy prices blamed for stronger-than-expected inflation of 2.3% Inflation rises to 2.3% Any lingering hope that the Bank of England might deliver a pre-Christmas interest rate cut next month appears to...
There's been a lot of research showing how third spaces — a place that isn't the home nor the workplace — have brought communities together, even catalyzed revolutions. New research shows that coffee shops in particular could be key to...
Some experts liken tariffs to a game of whack-a-mole, with trade flows simply rerouted if the potential rewards are big enough Businesses are bracing for the economic impact of a second Trump presidency, which, if his campaign promises...
Lutnick, a billionaire investor who has been overseeing Trump's transition, will oversee a sweeping federal bureaucracy and have a role in enforcing Trump's promised tariffs.
Russia sends clear warnings to NATO, says "Don't Do It," and publicly changes its nuclear posture to include NATO countries as responsible agents if Ukraine uses their weapons to strike Russia. The neocons immediately attack Russia with...
A letter by 79 firms voicing ‘significant concerns’ over the budget is likely to do little more than irritate Rachel Reeves While the farmers took to the streets of Westminster, the shopkeepers protested in the old-fashioned way. They...
Since stock markets hit a two-year low last October, prices reflated on bets that artificial intelligence and central bank easing could solve spreading insolvency. Then came this month’s Republican sweep in the US election, and the...