Japan Breaks The 'Debt Causes Inflation' Narrative

The World's $158 Trillion Stock Market In One Chart In 2025, the global equity market reached a record $157.8 trillion in market capitalization, up more than $25 trillion from 2024. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Gabriel Cohen, highlights the world’s major equity markets based on their 2025 market capitalization. Data has been sourced from the World Federation of Exchanges via SIFMA. The World’s Biggest Stock Market With a total market capitalization of $68.9 trillion, the U.S. is by far the world’s largest equity market, accounting for roughly 44% of the global total. The U.S. is home to...

Iran's First Use Of ICBMs Raises Serious Questions About Remaining Arsenal In a startling move that has military experts questioning their assumptions about Iranian capabilities, Iran attempted to hit the joint UK-US base on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia with two intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs). While US officials assured the Wall Street Journal that the base was unscathed, the Iranian strike aimed at a target roughly 4,000 kilometers from Iran suggests that the range of Iran's retaliatory capacity could be well beyond previous external estimates and claims made by Iran.  According...

France's Debt Crisis Could Trigger A Much Bigger European Meltdown Authored by Alastair Paynter via OilPrice,A budget deficit of 5.1% and public debt exceeding 115% of GDP raise concerns about France's fiscal sustainability and the eurozone's resilience.Industrial decline, energy disruptions, political instability and growing nationalist movements are putting pressure on EU cohesion.France's presidential election, Poland's political crisis and the rise of Central European nationalism could accelerate divisions within the bloc.France's present economic woes signal serious trouble ahead for the coherence of the European Union. On Wednesday evening, the French National...