One would have to go back to Soviet times to find a more authoritarian polity in Russia.
The U.S. Treasury keeps selling a lot of short-term, expensive debt when long-term debt is demonstrably cheaper. Why?
Nine EU states are now in a recession. The ECB can help the continent ease the downturn, but they are up against bigger forces of economic stagnation.
By supporting the “European project”, Catholic bishops often forget that they ask voters to back today’s MEPs who favour abortion and euthanasia.
Many analysts think that today’s interest rates are the exception and that rates should always be low. History tells a different story.
The Socialist Party, which is devoid of leadership and a sense of public service, has gotten what it deserves.
There is a deep, structural flaw in the Swedish economy. It is so bad that the country is now slow-walking itself into an economic crisis.
In 18 months, the cost of the federal government’s debt has increased by 86%. Where will it be 18 months from now?
President Macron is setting the stage for bad budget battles to come. Meanwhile, the French economy is getting worse by the day.
The latest policy statement from the euro zone’s central bank is a harsh message to all governments that have budget problems.
After half a century of solid left-wing hegemony, Portugal might be days away from an extraordinary shift to the Right.
After a long, agonizing encounter with monetary inflation, Europe is back to more normal levels of price increases. Ironically, that bodes well for the EU economy for the coming recession.
The former U.S. President and the Hungarian Prime Minister are the two symbols on either side of the Atlantic of a reemerging anti-globalist, anti-woke, conservative alliance.
More and more finance experts express worry about the U.S. government’s debt. Only Congress can prevent a fiscal crisis, but time is running out—fast.
Jobless rates are rising, especially among young workers.
Every time there is a disturbance in the market for U.S. debt, the American economy inches closer to a full-scale debt crisis. We just moved another inch or two.
The trend with worried debt market investors continues. If this gets worse, higher—not lower—interest rates will be the least of our concerns.
Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, talks about making ‘seigniorage’ illegal. But does he really know what the term means?
A look at the 29 organizations tasked with policing political content on social media ahead of EU elections
The president of Argentina wants to make it illegal to print money for budget deficits. Economic theory says he is right, but the politics of the welfare state may get in his way.
Repression and fear provided an opportunity for higher-ups in Spain’s Socialist Party to rob the taxpayer of his money as well as his freedom.
CNews dares to talk about security, immigration, borders, and justice while public TV carefully avoids these topics.
The unfolding ideological fight over Germany’s defense funding is a precursor to an American debate over the same issue.
The EU is in for a fiscal framework showdown between reformists and abolitionists. Who wins? Europe’s economic future hangs in the balance.
Obsessed with not appearing too far to the Right because of some of his reform ideas, the French president is pandering to the far Left by calling the Rassemblement National “outside the republican arc.”
If Congress decides to compensate NATO for insufficient European funding, they may have a run-in with the investors on the market for U.S. government debt.
NATO is a defense insurance program. What happens to your insurance policy when you don’t pay your monthly premium?
Whatever—or whoever—caused Navalny’s death, it is a clear signal to the world that Russia’s leader will not tolerate internal opposition.
The Left won’t forgive the media outlet for its decisive role in the development of Éric Zemmour’s political persona—and success.
With facts and logic speaking against the green transition, countries headed for an economic recession should urgently rethink their energy policies.
