As Lebanon Destruction Grows, Hezbollah MP Accuses Government of Being a ‘Spectator’

Congrats, Elizabeth Warren, On The Death Of Spirit Airlines Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Elizabeth Warren has built an entire political career on presenting herself as the righteous defender of ordinary Americans against powerful corporations. Every speech is some variation of the same script: she’s fighting for workers, fighting for consumers, fighting for families, and standing up to greedy executives and monopolistic corporations that are supposedly rigging the system against everyone else. It is a message carefully designed to make her sound like a populist champion of the middle class while putting...

The $150 Trillion Global Economy In 2030 The world economy is projected to exceed $150 trillion by 2030, with significant growth coming from emerging markets in Asia. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Gabriel Cohen shows countries’ projected nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in 2030, based on forecasts from the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook. The World’s Largest Economies in 2030 The three largest national economies in 2030 are projected to be the same as in 2026. The United States leads at $37.7 trillion, followed by China at $26 trillion and Germany at a...

EUR Drops As ECB Hikes Rates (As Expected); Raises Inflation Outlook, Sees Downside Growth Risks The European Central Bank increased interest rates for the second time since the Iran war broke out in February, responding to signs inflation is set to stay well above 2%. The deposit rate was lifted by a quarter-point to 2.5% on Thursday, as predicted by almost all economists in a Bloomberg survey. “The conflict in the Middle East continues to generate inflation pressures, and inflation is set to remain well above target for an extended period,” it...