Category: Markets and Macro

The United States has turned a simmering sanctions campaign against Venezuela into a live maritime confrontation, with the U.S. Coast Guard now tracking a third oil tanker accused of moving sanctioned crude. The pursuit has jolted global oil markets, sharpened tensions with Nicolás Maduro’s government, and pulled in outside powers that see Venezuela’s barrels as…

President Donald Trump has started telling voters that grocery prices are “falling rapidly,” pointing to cheaper eggs and a handful of eye catching examples as proof that the supermarket squeeze is finally over. The official inflation data, however, paints a more complicated picture in which some items are down, others are still climbing, and overall…

Inflation has cooled so sharply that even seasoned market watchers are expressing surprise, a dramatic shift from the price spikes that dominated the early 2020s. That reversal is reshaping everything from interest rates to stock valuations, and it will define who comes out ahead in 2026. I want to unpack why a prominent CNBC host…

In the final sprint before Christmas, shoppers are still out in force, but the mood in the aisles has shifted. Instead of chasing the loudest markdowns, many are scrutinizing labels, reviews, and return policies, determined to buy fewer things that last longer. The result is a holiday season where quality, experience, and trust are edging…

SpaceX is finally moving from rumor to reality on a public listing, and the numbers attached to that debut are unlike anything public markets have seen from a private tech company. At the same time, the potential valuation is so large that it could push Elon Musk’s personal fortune into uncharted territory and make the…

The United States is in the middle of its harshest wave of corporate job cuts since the first year of COVID, with 1.17 m positions wiped out in less than a year and a growing share of those losses tied directly to artificial intelligence. Behind that headline number sits a quieter crisis: billions of dollars…

Donald Trump is telling Americans to brace for an economic shift he says the country has “never seen,” and he is pairing that warning with a promise that some households could come out far richer if they position themselves correctly. As 2026 approaches, the stakes are not just political but deeply personal, from the size…

Frontier artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming one of the most capital-intensive technologies in history, and Microsoft’s AI leadership is now putting a stark price tag on that reality. Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman is warning that staying at the cutting edge will demand investments in the hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade,…

As artificial intelligence reshapes how I work, it is also quietly creating roles that did not exist a few years ago. Rather than simply replacing tasks, AI is spawning new specialties that blend technical fluency with human judgment, ethics, and communication. Looking ahead, I see at least four new jobs emerging as core pillars of…

President Donald Trump is facing a measurable slide in public support, with new national polling showing his overall job approval down 8 points since the start of the year. The shift reflects growing unease with his handling of the economy, health care and affordability, even as some voters still give him credit on border security…