China’s reported agreement to address American concerns over shortages of critical rare earth materials has highlighted the growing strategic importance of mineral supply chains within the broader economic and geopolitical rivalry between China and the United States. According to a White House...

Global investors are increasingly warning that financial markets may be underestimating the long-term risks posed by rising inflation, higher energy prices, and climbing government bond yields, even as enthusiasm surrounding artificial intelligence and strong corporate earnings continues to push...

Currency investors are once again turning aggressively toward carry trades as widening interest-rate differences among major developed economies revive one of the most closely watched strategies in global foreign-exchange markets. The renewed popularity of these trades reflects a combination of...

The global oil refining industry is experiencing one of its most severe disruptions in years as conflicts linked to Iran and Ukraine continue damaging facilities, interrupting crude flows and tightening fuel markets across multiple regions. What initially appeared to be isolated geopolitical shocks...

The latest summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Beijing marked a calculated attempt by the world’s two largest economies to stabilize a relationship that has increasingly been shaped by trade disputes, technology restrictions, military tensions and geopolitical rivalry. While previous...

CME Group, a US exchange operator, and analytics firm Silicon Data intend to debut the globe's first computing power futures market this year, pending regulatory approval, as stated in a CME press release. The contracts will be associated with Silicon Data indices that monitor daily rental costs...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet in Beijing this week against the backdrop of intensifying geopolitical tensions, unresolved trade disputes, and growing pressure on both governments to stabilize relations between the world’s two largest economies. The...

U.S. consumer prices rose sharply again in April, extending a renewed inflation cycle that has increasingly been driven by energy market disruptions, stubborn housing costs, and resilient domestic demand. The latest data signaled that inflationary pressures remain deeply embedded across major...

Experts surveyed by Bloomberg indicate that the European Central Bank (ECB) will increase its main interest rates twice this year, with each increase being 25 basis points (bps). The military tensions in the Middle East are driving up inflation in the eurozone. In April, the growth of consumer...