NVIDIA’s $150 billion buyback plan raises the question of who benefits when corporate cash is spent propping up share prices. Behind the AI boom lies a system that rewards executives and investors while starving productive investment and weakening resilience.
The SEC’s license to loot
Imports and the trade deficit have ballooned in recent months, defying the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce it through tariffs.
The Money Markets Committee is a forum for market participants and authorities to discuss the UK unsecured deposits and funding market and securities lending and repo markets.
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is 93. He hasn't said whether he's going to run again in 2028. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesU.S. Sen. Ed Markey is 80 and has served in Congress for half a century. His Democratic primary challenger in Massachusetts, U.S. Rep.
After the global financial crisis, all EU countries have developed within their jurisdictions a dedicated macroprudential pillar of financial oversight, in line with EU regulations and recommendations. However, governance structures differ, reflecting country-specific rationales and path-dependent choices. This paper provides an overview of the various institutional and operational frameworks for macroprudential policy in EU countries. This overview aims to deliver insights on the key aspects of these frameworks and their impact on the use of macroprudential policy.
Trade blockages in the Persian Gulf have reminded the world that there are forces as great as or greater than technology and globalization.
A new Medicare pathway promises faster, more predictable coverage for breakthrough medical devices. When participation is voluntary, however, and manufacturers can take other routes, the real test is not who enters the fast lane, but what Medicare learns about those who don’t.
SpeedKingz/ShutterstockSince Labour won the 2024 general election, policy focused on children in the early years – from birth to school age – and their parents has moved sharply up the political agenda.
Andy Burnham, Everton fan and prime minister, has declared the ban on drinking pitch-side at football games to be discriminatory given that fans of other sports, even in the same ground, could happily enjoy a beer while watching a game.
As of Oct. 1, 2026, states must pay more to run SNAP. AP Photo/Allison DinnerThe number of people enrolled in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program is falling fast. The program formerly known as food stamps helped roughly 42 million Americans put food on the table in 2025.
