Economy

‘A spark suddenly ignites’: Europe’s Gen Z takes to the streets as economies fail to deliver jobs, schools fail to deliver education

Thousands of young Europeans have taken to the streets across multiple countries to protest rising housing costs, declining public services and lack of jobs....

No wonder the White House wants Warsh to cut: A 1% Fed rate hike costs the Treasury an extra $95 billion a year in...

Bank of America's analysis quantifies the fiscal impact of elevated interest rates: each 100 basis points of Fed rate increases adds $95 billion annually...

U.S. Treasury yields move lower as investors await housing, employment data

U.S. Treasury yields inched lower on Tuesday as investors awaited further economic data and continued to weigh the inflationary backdrop ahead of the Federal...

CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter: Navigating a tech-heavy world

The International Monetary Fund has warned China about misallocation of resources and urged policymakers to prioritize market forces over supporting specific sectors. China's GDP...

France is rioting over surging inflation, skyrocketing national debt and crumbling schools. America is its sleeping twin

France is experiencing unprecedented urban violence with over 2,400 arrests in a single day, nearly 1,000 police officers injured and hundreds of businesses looted...

The French are rioting as inflation hits 3.4% while wage growth and GDP remain stagnant. It’s higher in Trump’s America

Protests swept France this weekend as the eurozone's second-largest economy faces stagflation. Inflation reached 3.4% in September, its fastest pace since January, while GDP...

‘I am so fed up’: Farmers face financial squeeze from tariffs and diesel and blame GOP as Trump heads to Kansas to energize voters...

American farmers are facing severe financial strain as diesel prices soar more than $2.50 per gallon higher than last year, averaging $6.30 per gallon...

The U.S. national debt is approaching the point where bond traders see ‘mounting risk’ of a ‘vicious cycle,’ Moody’s top economist says

Moody's chief economist Mark Zandi is observing early signs of discomfort in the Treasury market, with the U.S. national debt now exceeding $40 trillion...