Joe PikePolitical investigations correspondentWatch: "Europe must have a secure future," said UK prime ministerSir Keir Starmer has said any Ukraine peace deal would require a "US backstop" to deter Russia from attacking its neighbour!-->!-->…
US economic activity is on track to maintain a moderate growth rate in 2025’s first quarter, according to the median for several nowcasts compiled by CapitalSpectator.com. Today’s initial Q1 estimate projects that the 2%-plus pace…
Retaliation
If the EU reaches the stage where it can implement retaliatory tariffs, what might be included on the list?
Impose tariffs on products primarily produced in US swing states, such as , bourbon, motorcycles, or . In June 2018,…
As the clock ticks toward 2030, parliamentarians gathered at UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday to assess the state of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - and the verdict was anything but unanimous.
Amid deepening global…
There are many media-driven narratives about the impact of tariffs on the economy and the markets. Most of them are incredibly bearish, predicting the absolute worst possible outcomes. For fun, I asked ChatGPT what the expected impact of…
Ukraine can make weaponry "faster and cheaper" than elsewhere in Europe, Denmark's prime minister said."We have a problem, friends, if a country at war can produce faster than the rest of us," Mette Frederiksen said at the Munich…
After 2 years of US Exceptionalism, Europe stocks +10% YTD vs. +4% for the USFor the last couple years, the story for equities globally has been one of “US Exceptionalism,” where US stocks have significantly outperformed…
President Metsola is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian occupied territory this Thursday and Friday, where she is holding talks with the political authorities.
“At this critical moment for the region and the world, I…
US came in well ahead of expectations, prompting the market to dramatically reprice the prospect of rate cuts. Potential tariffs add upside risk to inflation in coming quarters, but there are some encouraging signs that housing costs…