OPEC+ pauses output to keep the global economy shivering
There is a particular kind of diplomatic language used in Vienna that is designed to sound like stewardship while functioning as a shakedown.
By Caroline Ashford ·
Economy — Lorien Times
Christopher Waller's gamble is a tax on the poor
When the price of a gallon of milk or a bag of flour jumps in the Segundo Barrio, it isn’t a "data point" for the people living there.
By Alma Cordero ·
DNB's gold move to Bank of England is a vote of no confidence
My father used to say that you don’t start boarding up the windows when the sky is blue; you do it because you’ve seen the barometer drop and you know the wind is coming.
By Ruth Behrens ·
DNB moves gold to London as a vote of no confidence in the US
When you’ve spent your life balancing a ledger or flying a C-130, you learn one immutable truth: hope is not a strategy. You don't assume the runway is clear; you verify it.
By Grant Colby ·
August hiring was tepid as jobs report looms
The numbers coming out of ADP this week are not just disappointing; they are a clear warning shot fired across the bow of American confidence.
By Grant Colby ·
US Mint treats law as commodity for Donald J. Trump's branding
The United States Mint has done it again. In the name of "honoring 250 years of great American heritage," they have released a $1 coin featuring the likeness of Donald J. Trump.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Bessent uses G20 to blame China; it's just geopolitical theater
The two days of talks in Asheville, North Carolina, were less an economic consensus and more a carefully choreographed piece of theater designed to justify unilateral action.
By Ray Dombrowski ·
Carney: US mocking threatens trade rules and sovereignty
When a trade dispute reaches the point where national sovereignty is subject to social media mockery, it ceases to be an economic negotiation and becomes, quite simply, theatre.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
US hosting Russia at G20 shows selective engagement, not cooperation
The whole spectacle in Asheville, North Carolina, feels less like a global economic summit and more like a highly choreographed performance designed to obscure who’s paying for…
By Imani Sutton ·
Trump’s Venezuela oil deal ignores infrastructure failure in Caracas
The promise of cheap oil is always intoxicating—a siren song sung directly into the ears of an electorate desperate for relief.
By Bram de Vries ·
Scott Bessent's G20 agenda: Financial punch, not global cooperation
You read the headlines about G20 finance chiefs gathering in Asheville, North Carolina, and you hear words like "global imbalances" and "sovereign debt restructuring." The…
By Ruth Behrens ·
Treasury bars NYT and WSJ from G20 to protect the elite narrative
The G20 meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, was not a forum for stability; it was a highly choreographed performance of control.
By Maya Ellison ·
Andrew Bailey tells G20 concentrated private power threatens stability
Andrew Bailey’s warning isn't a technical alert; it’s a gut punch from the global financial establishment.
By Maya Ellison ·
Beijing's indices mask failure despite commodity price rebounds
The kind of economic optimism being peddled out of Beijing right now smells like cheap disinfectant—a desperate attempt to scrub away the stench of structural failure.
By Josie Calloway ·
Bessent’s siege on the dollar system proves external control over Iran
You think scarcity is natural? You think inflation is just bad management? Think again.
By Imani Sutton ·
World Mostly Shrugs Off Bessent’s ‘D-Day’ Iran Sanctions Threat
You read the headlines and you see Washington puffing out its chest again. Scott Bessent, the US Treasury Secretary, is calling this an “economic D-Day” against Iran’s shadow economy.
By Josie Calloway ·