You’ve been given free access to this article from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire. A Nobel laureate on why stablecoins may be nothing of the sort economist.com/by-invitatio...

Neo-Nazis attacked a sacred Aboriginal site, beating women and shouting 'white power'. I'm backing Aboriginal leaders pushing for justice, so it doesn't happen again- join me here: secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/... #againstRacism

Trump insists that he wants to decide which companies South Korea and Japan invest in as part of a trade deal. This is the height of corruption and authoritarianism. American companies better make Trump happy with political affiliation and private benefits. #TrumpTariffs #Trump #defenddemocracy

Why the Fed should not cut rates now on.ft.com/46sk2eY | opinion

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The bond doom-mongers have got at least one thing right on.ft.com/3V0smwb | opinion

The US FED will cut interest rates because the markets and Mr Orange demand it, but I cannot see a justification with inflation above target, financial markets frothy, tariffs about to push inflation up and the one percentage point cut not yet fully transmitted. #federalreserve

You’ve been given free access to this article from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire. Asylum systems should be fixed, not scrapped, says the UN’s refugee boss economist.com/by-invitatio...

If we want to transition to net zero and decrease our dependence on China, the democratic nations need to work together. Trump is doing the opposite. He is the best thing since sliced bread for Xi and Putin. #Trump #PolicyStrategy #TrumpTariffs #China #EnergyTransition #World

I hope not, but if there will be an American Chernobyl, everyone needs to remember that Trump replaced nuclear experts with TV personalities. #Trump #USnuclearagency

Trump doesn’t want Soros to breathe and says his friends should be careful. This is fascism! #Trump #defenddemocracy #GeorgeSoros

Falls in the employment rate are no longer being driven entirely by population growth. Since February, not only has the population continued to grow quickly, but the absolute number of jobs has also started to fall.

Europe’s free-speech problem economist.com/leaders/2025... from The Economist

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The real Bank rate has fallen due to higher inflation and inflation expectations. Given 5% pay growth in a stagnant economy and slowing world economy, I don’t think today’s reduction in the nominal rate was indicated.

RFK Jr. is targeting mRNA technology, a major scientific advancement that allowed for the rapid development of coronavirus vaccines. wapo.st/4lhtvKe

on.ft.com/4otX4eH China struggles to break its addiction to manufacturing

A Korean-born researcher and longtime U.S. legal permanent resident has spent the past week detained by immigration officials at the San Francisco International Airport without explanation and has been denied access to an attorney, according to his lawyer.

Trump’s sovereign-wealth fund won’t make America richer economist.com/finance-and-... from The Economist

Tinkering will not restart UK growth. It needs real planning reform based on zoning, civil service reform based on accountability and streamlining, reforming local government finances to make it function again and rejoining the European Single Market. #UKeconomy

on.ft.com/413Y0Mv The threat to central banks from ‘fiscal populism’

“LGBTQ+ and immigrant rights advocates are expressing a mix of relief and fury after learning that Andry Hernández Romero, a gay Venezuelan asylum seeker […] has been returned to Venezuela following more than four months of silence, secrecy, and mounting outrage.” www.advocate.com/news/andry-h...

Hey @LulaOficial – the world is watching. The “devastation bill” would shred Amazon protections and Indigenous rights. Veto it. secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...

Ending strategic ambiguity over Taiwan, which seems the new US policy, is risking pushing China into a more aggressive stance. Why oh why? #USA #China #Taiwan #PolicyStrategy

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on.ft.com/3GruMAd The law of unintended consequences strikes again

It took the markets a long time to figure out TACO. #TrumpTariffs

The question shouldn’t be whether Germany and Italy should bring their gold reserves home from New York. The question is why they have massive gold reserves when both countries are starved of public investment. #NewYorkFed #federalreserve #Gold #Germany #Italy

on.ft.com/3T2QBJa Voters know the real meaning of austerity and renewal

The decision of the Bank to hold rates steady is in fact an easing of monetary policy, given the significant increase in inflation. #UKeconomy #BankofEngland

on.ft.com/3FLfztx How Trump can offer Iran a way out

on.ft.com/4e4D4uf The rising resistance to creative destruction

With stabilising the economy did the UK government mean the worst contraction since 2023? This was utterly predictable from budget day onwards. #UKeconomy #UKPolitics

There is good news from today’s UK spending review. The changes to the Green Book will make it easier to justify investment spending in less productive areas. Very important and overdue. #UKSpendingReview

@RachelReevesMP is allowing higher charges for the police in council tax bills. Fairer ways to raise funds would have been available. #UKSpendingReview

The investment emphasis and the winter fuel u-turn are welcome in today’s spending review. However, the significant cuts to non-protected departments are still there and solutions to the social care and local services crises are still not there. Not visionary. #UKSpendingReview

The NHS has again grabbed the lion’s share (90 per cent) of the extra funding for day-to-day public services allocated at the Spending Review,. Spending on the rest of day-to-day public services will fall slightly (by 1.3 per cent on average) in real, per-person terms by the end of the decade.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Tuesday that she signed an executive order seeking greater transparency from federal immigration officials. She said the city will submit regular Freedom of Information Act requests to find out who ICE is detaining and on what grounds.

on.ft.com/445WefI Preventing homelessness is less costly than the cure

It shouldn’t have to be said, but ok: The US trade deficit comes from the huge budget deficit and the fact that most of the population don’t have the means to save. #USEconomy #TrumpTariffs

“For many, Pride may look and feel different this year, filled not only with celebration but also resilience and determination.” #PrideMonth www.advocate.com/voices/equal...

This is day two of zero aid getting to the starving people of Gaza. How could this not be part of a genocide plan? #Trump #GazaGenocide #ısrael

on.ft.com/4jAwtsv Interest rates are normal, the world is not

on.ft.com/3Hot9Dm Africa must invest in itself

@POTUS is scapegoating the FED for his effect on the economy. The evidence is clear consumption and investment decisions are suffering from the uncertainty he creates every day. #Trump #USEconomy #federalreserve

If you need to publicly state that the government will always pay its debt, it signals that default is a possibility. #USA #USDollar #treasurysecretarybessent

More than 20,000 government officials used Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant over three months for help and reported that they saved 26 minutes a day by using the tool. www.ft.com/content/7c2a...

Liberation day turned out to be nothing much happens day. What a clown! #TrumpTariffs #Trump

We can only stop populists from destroying our democratic institutions, if we get government working much better and we ensure it works for those feeling left behind. Less bureaucracy, more redistribution, functioning local services. #USA #UK #EU #defenddemocracy

Studies show that low productivity may be caused by austerity. Austerity strong and light has been UK policy since 2010 and neither the public finances nor productivity have improved. Time for a change! The government should change course. #UKeconomy #UKPolitics