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10+ min ago  (454+ words) Joseph Glauber offers a one-year progress report on President Trump's tariffs on agricultural products. One'year after Liberation Day, the trade outlook for US agriculture remains murky. By the end of 2025, US agricultural imports were significantly lower than in 2024, to an…...

7+ min ago  (238+ words) The Bank of Japan is expected to keep interest rates unchanged at its April 26-27 meeting, with the Polymarket contract for a rate decrease priced at 0. 1% YES. The Bank of Japan Decision in April 2026 market is flat, sitting at 0. 1% YES with…...

30+ min ago  (212+ words) Economists convened for the IMF and World Bank meetings in Washington as oil prices soar. Gold hitting $8, 000 by June 30 sits at 0% YES. The ECB interest rate market remains static at 0. 2% YES. The ECB odds show almost no reaction to current…...

2+ hour, 4+ min ago  (192+ words) BEIJING -- China's electricity consumption, a key barometer of economic activity, reached more than 2. 51 trillion kilowatt-hours in the first quarter of 2026, up 5. 2 percent year-on-year, according to data released Monday by the National Energy Administration. A breakdown of the data shows robust…...

1+ hour, 10+ min ago  (335+ words) Many upper-middle-income economies are now approaching a critical stage in their development journey, where achieving high-income status requires more than continued investment and technology adoption. At this stage, growth must increasingly be driven by innovation, allowing firms to generate higher…...

5+ hour, 29+ min ago  (1071+ words) In his speech in Miami, Millan straightforwardly presented multiple rationales for shrinking the Federal Reserve's balance sheet. Second, controlling financial risks. Holding large-scale assets implies greater exposure to mark-to-market losses, while also causing increased volatility in remittances to the Treasury....

11+ hour, 21+ min ago  (660+ words) Gold is under pressure at the beginning of the week, dropping below $4, 800 as it weighs new geopolitical risk against a stronger US currency. After a historic selloff, gold markets are beginning to stabilize, though price action remains fragile. On Monday,…...

2+ hour, 2+ min ago  (222+ words) As of the 20th of April 2026, Gold is currently trading at around $4, 770-$4, 795 an ounce, down a not-so-tiny 0. 8-1. 3% in opening trading after closing near $4, 830-$4, 857 on Friday. And in the longer term, those supportive factors remain firmly in place " like persistent structural demand…...

3+ hour, 52+ min ago  (206+ words) Seoul Economic Daily Chang Min-young, president of the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK), said Thursday that the bank will "expand its role as a catalyst for productive finance through diverse support for ventures and startups, and further solidify the foundation…...

21+ hour, 26+ min ago  (513+ words) IMF cuts 2026 global growth forecast to 3. 1%. World Bank pledges up to $150 B as finance leaders admit limits managing geopolitical shocks. Officials from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank acknowledged that geopolitical shocks are arriving "faster than their traditional crisis-response…...