AI capital spending faces higher-rate test as cash flow gap widens
US AI investment has helped offset monetary tightening, but analysts point to equity declines and rising bond reliance as risks to...
By David L. Chen 1 month agoSection
Opinion
Study links emerging-market currency premia to domestic uncertainty
Kalemli-Özcan and Varela find larger uncovered interest parity premia in emerging markets than in advanced economies using 1996-20...
By Ingrid Halvorsen 1 month agoCanadian employment beats expectations in latest StatCan release
Employment rose by 18,200, above the Bloomberg consensus cited by Econbrowser, easing concerns that the labour market is rolling o...
By Ingrid Halvorsen 1 month ago
Hormuz attacks test energy policy as Brent stays below April peak
Gene Frieda says the Gulf shock is destroying supply rather than rerouting it, limiting the usefulness of familiar fiscal and mone...
By Ingrid Halvorsen 1 month ago
Gates pledge highlights low-cost tools to reduce maternal deaths
A $215 million women’s health commitment comes as WHO data show more than 700 women die daily during and after pregnancy and child...
By David L. Chen 1 month agoCanada recession claim rests on narrow GDP decline and revisions risk
Conservative finance critic Michael Chong cited a two-quarter rule, while StatCan revision data and other indicators complicate th...
By Ingrid Halvorsen 1 month agoAI investment boom faces dot-com comparison as Mag-7 index retreats
An Econbrowser analysis says a 12.2% fall in Bloomberg’s Mag-7 index raises the risk that AI-linked capital spending could slow af...
By Ingrid Halvorsen 1 month agoUS computer imports surge as AI investment cycle comes under scrutiny
BEA data cited by Econbrowser show AI-linked hardware imports rising sharply, with selected categories up 59% year to date through...
By Ingrid Halvorsen 1 month ago
Ancient Greek oligarchy frames a warning on US minority rule
Matt Simonton links classical Greece’s elite regimes to modern US concerns over wealth, institutional veto points and the Senate f...
By David L. Chen 1 month ago
Ricks calls for UN-led debt and tax reforms to rebalance global finance
Jenny Ricks says sovereign debt, corporate tax and illegitimate borrowing rules should be redesigned to give poorer countries more...
By Ingrid Halvorsen 1 month ago
US concern over AI has climbed as adoption expands, Pew data show
Pew surveys cited by Ngaire Woods show rising American anxiety over AI, raising questions about public trust in technology oversig...
By Ingrid Halvorsen 1 month agoCanada GDP nowcasts point to Q2 growth as payroll measure improves
Scotiabank and the Canadian Chamber’s Business Data Lab both estimate Q2 expansion, while StatCan-based indicators show GDP and la...
By David L. Chen 1 month ago