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Economy
U.S. set to pay most for 30-year debt in quarter of a century
By Greg Ritchie and BloombergAugust 13, 2026
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Big Tech
Nvidia found a new way to keep the AI boom funded: your retirement money
By Eva RoytburgAugust 12, 2026
The Gulf wants to break free from the world’s data chokepoints
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The Gulf wants to break free from the world’s data chokepoints
By Melissa HancockAugust 12, 2026
U.S. Treasury is paying $3 billion a day in interest on national debt, says the CBO—having spent $10 billion to prop up the currency of its top lender
Economy
U.S. Treasury is paying $3 billion a day in interest on national debt, says the CBO—having spent $10 billion to prop up the currency of its top lender
By Eleanor PringleAugust 11, 2026
By propping up the yen, the U.S. and Japan are actually admitting dollar dominance isn’t what it used to be, top economist warns
Economy
By propping up the yen, the U.S. and Japan are actually admitting dollar dominance isn’t what it used to be, top economist warns
By Jason MaAugust 9, 2026
Photo of Scott Bessent with Donald Trump
Economy
How Scott Bessent used financial engineering to finance the $2 trillion deficit while leaving it untouched—and created a $1.45 trillion shortfall
By Eva RoytburgAugust 8, 2026
Portrait of Knut Wicksell (1851-1926) Swedish economist. Dated 20th Century. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Economy
A forgotten Swedish economist’s 130-year-old theory explains why investors won’t quit funding America’s near-$40 trillion pile of debt
By Eleanor PringleAugust 4, 2026
Could a UN-backed plan to reopen Hormuz break the deadlock? 
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Could a UN-backed plan to reopen Hormuz break the deadlock? 
By Melissa HancockAugust 4, 2026
After a nearly 1,000% surge, the AI debt orgy can’t last forever, while hidden borrowing has exploded to $1.65 trillion
Big Tech
After a nearly 1,000% surge, the AI debt orgy can’t last forever, while hidden borrowing has exploded to $1.65 trillion
By Jason MaJuly 31, 2026
Visitor look at their phone next to an Open AI's logo during the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry's biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona on February 26, 2024. The world's biggest mobile phone fair throws open its doors in Barcelona with the sector looking to artificial intelligence to try and reverse declining sales. (Photo by PAU BARRENA / AFP) (Photo by PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images)
Startups & Venture
‘I’m just stuck’: Meet the former OpenAI researcher sitting on $700K of equity that he says is overvalued
By Eva RoytburgJuly 30, 2026
‘The UAE has been a fantastic investor’: Jeff Zucker hails UAE partnership after Banijay merger
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‘The UAE has been a fantastic investor’: Jeff Zucker hails UAE partnership after Banijay merger
By Melissa HancockJuly 28, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from the media during a bilateral meeting with President of Lebanon Joseph Aoun in the Oval Office of the White House on July 21, 2026 in Washington, DC.
Economy
Trump’s new $950 billion tariff scheme still leaves a 40% shortfall in his plan to rebalance the $39 trillion national debt, CRFB says
By Eleanor PringleJuly 24, 2026
Shipping transits slow to a trickle as Strait of Hormuz faces “worst-case scenario” 
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Shipping transits slow to a trickle as Strait of Hormuz faces “worst-case scenario” 
By Melissa HancockJuly 21, 2026
The Treasury is walking a tightrope on U.S. debt by relying so much on short-term rates that are at the mercy of a suddenly very hawkish Fed
Economy
The Treasury is walking a tightrope on U.S. debt by relying so much on short-term rates that are at the mercy of a suddenly very hawkish Fed
By Jason MaJuly 20, 2026
The AI boom is increasingly built on debt, but investor demand is plunging just as hyperscalers ramp up their bond blitz
AI
The AI boom is increasingly built on debt, but investor demand is plunging just as hyperscalers ramp up their bond blitz
By Jason MaJuly 17, 2026
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