Nearly nine in ten college students with credit cards report using them for basic living expenses like food, housing and gas, turning revolving credit into a survival tool. The trend...
Long-dated U.S. Treasury yields surged to their highest since 2002, with the 10-year breaking above 5.36%, as an oil price spike reignited inflation fears and pressured equities, gold, and the...
A new study finds loneliness can cost older adults nearly six healthy years of life. The finding is a slow-burn macro signal: it pressures labor supply, healthcare spending, and fiscal...
The Federal Reserve's September meeting minutes, due Thursday Beijing time, could reveal how officials measure policy restrictiveness and how many more hikes they see ahead. Markets will parse every reference...
A BlackRock survey reveals financial advisors misread wealthy women who built their own careers, prioritizing tax efficiency and results over relationship-building. The disconnect has major implications for how tokenized assets...
The Reserve Bank of India raised its benchmark rate by 25 basis points to 5.50%, its first hike in nearly four years, and shifted its stance to 'orderly tightening.' The...
French chemist Henri B. Kagan and Japanese chemist Kenso Soai won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for solving the century-old mystery of why life selects only one mirror-image form...
The ECB has ruled out intervention in France's bond market, saying fiscal problems are not its job. With the OAT-Bund spread at crisis-era wides and a presidential election looming, markets...
The 10-year US Treasury yield has topped 5.3%, its highest since 2002, yet the Nasdaq and chip leaders are also at records. Analysis suggests the semiconductor cycle, not interest rates,...
With roughly a month until the US midterm elections, markets are entering a political trading window. But rate policy, Treasury yields, and crypto regulation may matter more to equities than...
China's central bank added 740,000 ounces of gold in September, its largest monthly purchase since October 2023, even as the metal fell over 6%. The 23rd straight month of accumulation...
The IMF has reclassified the AI investment boom as a global risk source, placing it alongside energy shocks and record debt as a 'risk trifecta.' Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva urges...
Crude prices climbed as a major storm threatened U.S. Gulf Coast refineries while Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping forced tankers onto longer routes. The dual supply risks lift energy...
China's foreign exchange reserves softened while energy costs remain elevated, pressuring Asian equities, currencies, and the region's policy flexibility. Exporters and energy-intensive manufacturers face earnings risk, while the dollar and...
Japanese nominal wages grew above 3% year-over-year in August while foreign reserves slipped to $1.18 trillion, reinforcing expectations that the Bank of Japan will keep normalizing policy. The combination threatens...
Google's AI infrastructure chief Amin Vahdat says electricity, not chips, is the binding constraint on a buildout exceeding $200 billion this year. He also flagged long-horizon agents as reshaping data...
China's central bank bought another 740,000 ounces of gold in September, extending its buying streak to 23 straight months even as COMEX gold fell 6.52%. With CTAs holding their largest...
France's new deficit-reduction proposals have temporarily eased bond market pressure, with 10-year OAT yields falling 12 basis points. However, political and social hurdles remain, and the euro continues to weaken....
The US trade deficit widened 13.7% in August to $105.6 billion, a 17-month high, as record imports of semiconductors and computers tied to the AI data-center buildout overwhelmed modest export...
Middle East attacks and Houthi threats are escalating while crude flows through the Strait of Hormuz recover and diesel stays scarce. For crypto, the conflict cuts both ways: higher oil...
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