Market fear around a supposed “sell America” trade has surged again as investors react to policy headlines and geopolitical noise. Yet one of the loudest voices in macro research, Alpine Macro, argues that this story is badly exaggerated and does not match how global capital usually behaves. The firm’s case rests on a simple idea:…

Ripple’s path toward a stock market listing is taking concrete shape, with new investors, major acquisitions, and fresh numbers for traders to digest. A recent private funding round valued the company at about $40 billion, and bankers are now floating an IPO valuation near $50 billion. At the same time, Ripple has agreed to buy…

Russian grocery shoppers have faced sharp increases in food prices in recent years, but available international data do not show that these costs have fully caught up with the average level seen across the European Union. Purchasing power parity estimates from institutions such as the World Bank and official Russian statistics indicate that, once adjusted…

In early 2026, California transportation officials launched a formal plan to test a “vehicle miles traveled” fee, or VMT, as a new way to pay for roads. The idea came from the same state agencies that manage the gas tax, and it quickly drew attention from lawmakers, privacy advocates, and drivers worried about higher costs….

Former President Donald Trump is telling voters that he has “tamed” inflation and made food more affordable, but new federal numbers and watchdog reports paint a different picture. Recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show grocery prices rising again, and federal competition regulators say some supermarket chains boosted profits during the pandemic instead…

Goldman Sachs is sounding an alarm that the job market is quietly tilting against college graduates just as a new class prepares to leave campus. The warning comes at a moment when fresh data on young workers shows a labour market that looks less like a springboard and more like a “freezing” pool. A clear…

New research from Moody’s Analytics shows how much the US economy now leans on a small group of affluent shoppers. According to the firm’s estimates, the top 10 percent of earners account for roughly half of all consumer spending, up from 36 percent about 30 years ago. That means headline numbers on growth and retail…