Is your city a winner or loser in the return-to-office race? Capital Economics breaks it down The London-based research firm also issued a forecast through 2029, finding three cities rising above the rest. Fortune · Jul 10, 2025
Stocks sink after Trump announces steep tariffs Japan, Korea and 5 other countries Trump also extended the pause on tariffs to Aug. 1. Fortune · Jul 7, 2025
Wall Street was expecting a TACO Tuesday. But Dow futures fall 250 points after Trump says he will set tariffs as high as 70% Trump said that about “10 or 12” tariff letters would go out Friday, with additional letters coming “over the next few days.” Fortune · Jul 4, 2025
Falling home prices are raising the risk of a deeper correction as the housing market cracks under high mortgage rates The latest Case-Shiller home price report showed a 0.3% monthly fall in the 20-city index in April, steeper than March's downwardly revised 0.2% dip. Fortune · Jun 28, 2025
Israel’s attacks on Iran may keep Fed rate cuts on hold, just as inflation was looking better The 10-year Treasury yield jumped 6.9 basis points on Friday to $4.426, reversing a dip in the immediate aftermath of the attacks. Fortune · Jun 13, 2025
US consumer sentiment tumbles as trade war fears grow Expectations of rising unemployment hit the highest level since 2009. Al Jazeera · Apr 11, 2025
The Ukraine mineral deal relies on 50-year-old Soviet-era maps and infrastructure that no longer exists, report says Reports indicate that a mineral mining agreement between the U.S. and Ukraine could be signed this week. Fortune · Feb 27, 2025
Strong wage growth gives Bank of England interest rate dilemma Quick cuts unlikely because persistently high pay rises will probably be deemed inflationary The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2025
What does Trump really want from Canada and Mexico? It may come down to oil security and bringing both countries 'under the US's thumb' "This means both a reliable, unimpeded flow of oil and natural resources from Canada and a safer Mexico. And that means both countries under the US’s thumb." Fortune · Feb 8, 2025
China Holds Out Hope Last-minute Deal Can Avert US Trade War China's new tariffs on US imports like oil, coal and cars are relatively modest in scale, suggesting that Beijing is hoping for a last-minute deal but also giving them the option to inflict more pain if needed, analysts say. International Business Times · Feb 5, 2025
What Would Trump Tariffs Mean For Key Trade Partner Mexico? US President Donald Trump has threatened to slap a 25-percent tariff on Mexican goods on February 1, a move that analysts say would deal a heavy blow to Latin America's second-largest economy. International Business Times · Jan 22, 2025
FTSE 100 share index records biggest weekly loss in a year, as US shutdown fears hit markets – as it happened Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2024
Why it’s unfair to compare the current market movement to catastrophic Truss mini-Budget ANALYSIS : Ignore the comparisons, writes Howard Mustoe – any suggestions that market concerns over Rachel Reeves’s Budget bear any similarity to the chaos that followed Liz Truss’s economic disaster are wide of the mark The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2024
Eurozone Economy Grows Faster Than Expected The eurozone economy grew more than expected in the third quarter, official data showed Wednesday, thanks to Germany which defied expectations and dodged a recession. International Business Times · Oct 30, 2024
Fortune · Oct 23, 2024 Fortune 500 Europe: How Germany is flirting with long-term irrelevance Everything that could go wrong has gone wrong for Germany’s economy. How can it turn things around?
The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2024 China’s exports slow sharply in September, adding to worries over the economy China’s exports slowed sharply in September as global demand weakened, adding to worries over how to recharge growth in the world's second-largest economy
Fortune · Sep 4, 2024 Andreessen Horowitz shutters its ‘Wall Street South’ office after 2 years because nobody was showing up Miami is a winner in the office space slump, but its triumph wasn’t enough to stop Andreessen Horowitz from ditching its office in the city.
Fortune · Aug 21, 2024 Interest rate cuts are now all but guaranteed after dovish Fed meeting, experts say “The Fed minutes removed all doubt about a September rate cut,” said Jamie Cox, managing partner at Harris Financial Group.
Fortune · Aug 14, 2024 The latest drop in mortgage rates isn’t enough to bring sellers and buyers off the sidelines “It seems that borrowing costs would have to fall below 5% to see a full recovery in home buying,” a Capital Economics economist wrote.
Fortune · Aug 12, 2024 In the office space slump, Miami is winning Big tech and billionaires are pushing people back to the office in Miami.
Fortune · Aug 4, 2024 Despite the stock crash, the AI-fueled bubble will soon regain momentum, economist says Capital Economics said a recession is unlikely and growth will even reaccelerate after a soft patch in the second half of this year.
Fortune · Aug 1, 2024 Sunbelt boomtowns are cooling off, but the sun-soaked region will reclaim its hot status More than 2 million single-family homes have been built in the South since January 2021, more than four times the number completed in the Northeast, according to a Capital Economics economist.
Top News · Jul 19, 2024 Capital Economics: Minimal Economic Impact Expected From IT Disruption Capital Economics' early assessment indicates minimal macroeconomic impact of recent disruption.
Fortune · Jul 18, 2024 The typical monthly housing payment just fell from an all-time high In a rare bit of good news, mortgage rates are the lowest they’ve been in months.
Fortune · Jul 17, 2024 Home prices are still sky-high, but competition isn’t as fierce, as the frenzied housing market slowly rebalances In some ways the housing market is beginning to feel more like it did before the pandemic.