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GLOBAL ECONOMY

Buildings in Mumbai. India said continued growth reflects its "resilience amid persistent global trade uncertainties."
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 30, 2025
India says its economy has overtaken Japan, and eyes Germany next
Official confirmation, however, depends on data due in 2026 when final annual gross domestic product figures are released.
The U.S. Treasury Department in Washington. While there is no immediate candidate to supplant the U.S. dollar, higher U.S. inflation remains a threat, and global trade with the U.S. is becoming increasingly fragmented.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2025
Gambling with the dollar’s future
While there is no immediate candidate to supplant the U.S. dollar, higher U.S. inflation remains a threat, and global trade with the U.S. is becoming increasingly fragmented.
A Paraguayan woman whose relative was detained by federal agents scuffles with officers in the halls of immigration court in New York in July.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 26, 2025
Trump and the end of American hegemony
His unlawful policies following his return to the White House have already upended the postwar era of globalization.
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington in April.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 24, 2025
Trump shook up global trade this year. Here’s what to look out for in 2026
Whether many of the U.S. president’s tariffs are allowed to stand remains a big unknown going into the new year.
A container ship departs the Yangshan Deep Water Port in Shanghai. U.S. President Donald Trump's trade wars only serve to drive up global emissions.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2025
Trade wars destroy the planet
If trade tensions reshape industrial structures in China and the U.S., the shift toward more energy-intensive activities will raise the weighted-average carbon intensity.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump holds a document during a tour of the Federal Reserve Board building in Washington in July.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2025
Will the U.S. Fed be allowed to do its job?
Will the central bank maintain enough autonomy and credibility to promote financial stability and employment if politics, debt and market exuberance head the other way?
Soil containing rare earth minerals is prepared for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, in October.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Dec 23, 2025
China, rare earths and ‘weaponized interdependence’
China has long understood the strategic value of its dominance in rare earth production.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attends a news conference after the European Council meeting in Brussels on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Dec 22, 2025
Europe stumbles in its attempt to bypass Trump’s global trade order
The continent fell short in sealing the Mercosur pact over the weekend. Officials say they will try again to sign the deal on Jan. 12 — but there’s no guarantee it can be salvaged.
Signals that the Bank of Japan may move toward higher interest rates highlight how the nation’s heavy debt and slow growth could push up global bond yields and expose similar fiscal risks in other advanced economies.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 16, 2025
The Japanese canary in the global debt coal mine
The Japanese government’s total debt as a share of gross domestic product is on the order of 230%, twice that of the U.S.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, at the U.S. Federal Reserve in Washington on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 11, 2025
Divided U.S. Fed makes third straight rate cut, signals higher bar ahead
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank is “well positioned to wait and see how the economy evolves from here.”
A worker operates machinery at a textile factory in Binzhou, China, on Dec. 1. China faces a worsening economic picture at home, where growth has cooled following months of slowdown in consumption and rapidly falling investment.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 10, 2025
China reveals unease over trade in economic roadmap for 2026
More than a year on from Donald Trump’s reelection, the threats looming abroad are more likely to come from countries other than the U.S.
Trucks operate at the Shanghai Port container terminal on Monday
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 8, 2025
China’s trade surplus tops $1 trillion despite plunge in U.S.-bound exports
A sharp drop in shipments to the U.S. was offset by surging exports to other major markets.
An elderly couple visits the Tuileries Garden in Paris in 2019.
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2025
Aging populations a ‘ticking time bomb’ for GDP growth, says EBRD
Countries must act now to keep slowing population growth from wreaking havoc on their long-term economic prospects, according to the EBRD’s semiannual report.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order on tariffs, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington in April.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 23, 2025
Trump White House prepares tariff fallback ahead of court ruling
The Trump administration is working behind the scenes on fallback options if the Supreme Court strikes down one of his major tariff authorities.
The skyline of Lower Manhattan is seen at dawn from across the Hudson River in New York on Oct. 18.
BUSINESS
Nov 19, 2025
U.S. is the biggest recipient of Chinese loans, study shows
The U.S. received the most official sector credit from China, more than $200 billion for nearly 2,500 projects and activities, the report said.
The world is experiencing something similar to the prosperity before World War I, but growing authoritarianism, environmental decline and political paralysis are threatening to turn a promising future into a catastrophe.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 18, 2025
Lessons from the past: The geopolitical significance of historical precedent
Every generation believes that it is living in an unprecedented era with unique challenges. But time and again, the same patterns have weakened and even destroyed civilizations.
Vietnam's prime minister, Pham Minh Chinh (center left), speaks with Malaysian leader Anwar Ibrahim on the sidelines of the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 28.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2025
ASEAN’s moment of truth
The block confronts its biggest test yet: building balanced partnerships with powerhouses like China, India, Japan and the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Thursday
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Nov 8, 2025
Did Trump’s Supreme Court tariffs brief include a strategic blunder?
The justices are generally reluctant to take account of a president’s public statements. But extensive quotes from Trump in a key filing may change the legal calculus.
The U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington. On Wednesday, Supreme Court justices cast doubt on the approach of imposing tariffs under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 7, 2025
A Trump Supreme Court tariff defeat would add to trade uncertainty
Trump is widely expected to shift to other trade tactics if he faces an adverse ruling, raising the specter of additional chaos.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and then-Economic Revitalization Minister Ryosei Akazawa shake hands on the day they visit the U.S. pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka in July.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Nov 4, 2025
The top U.S. court can’t stop all of Trump’s tariffs. Deal with it, officials say.
Under one legal authority or another, Trump’s tariffs are expected to stay in place long-term.
China’s demand for Soviet-style apartments shows limits to revival
Apartments built during a Soviet Union-inspired construction drive in the 1970s and 1980s tend to suffer from poor insulation and outdated plumbing, but they are seeing a revival in interest due to their attractive locations.
Japanese scientists identify neural mechanism that may explain why we dislike people
The aggressive mouse (left) used in the experiment and a mouse defending itself
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
Lenders seek $700 million after Japanese payments firm’s collapse
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ¥115.16 billion, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
Japan’s largest exhibition of women photographers rights a wrong in cultural history
Miwa Yanagi’s “Elevator Girl House” series skewers the superficiality of gender roles through staged images.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
The “Princess Mononoke” adaptation was created under Shochiku’s Super Kabuki initiative, a modern form of kabuki with more technology in staging and open to pop culture collaborations.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix’s “Human Vapor,” says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.

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