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Kids need soft skills in the age of AI, but what does this mean for schools?

For the past half-century, the jobs that have commanded the greatest earnings have increasingly concentrated on knowledge work, especially in science and technology.

The Conversation

What’s the secret to fixing the UK’s public finances? Here’s what our panel of experts would do

Unexpected growth in the UK economy isn’t enough to detract from the gaping hole in the country’s public finances. Speculation is ramping up about what steps the chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves, might take to plug the gap come the budget in autumn – and there are no shortage…

The Conversation

S&P Futures Tick Higher With Focus on U.S. Retail Sales Data and Trump-Putin Meeting

September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU25) are trending up +0.17% this morning, bolstered by continued hopes for a Federal Reserve rate cut next month, while investors await U.S. retail sales data and high-stakes talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

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Japan's economy holds steady at half-year mark despite Trump tariffs

The country's GDP grew in the second quarter thanks to a rush of pre-tariff exports and a glut of international tourists.

Euronews

Is China finally turning the corner on its economic slump?

China's economy shows tentative signs of recovery, but a sluggish property market and geopolitical uncertainty cloud the outlook. Economists remain cautious, warning that while stabilisation is under way, a robust rebound remains elusive.

Euronews

Chinese economy slows as Trump tariffs bite; FTSE 100 on track to hit new record - as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

US-Russia talks on Ukraine: who’s who in the delegations to Alaska?

Putin will bring old guard loyalists and younger financial power brokers to meet Trump’s most trusted advisers

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Asian shares mostly gain after uptick in inflation pulls US stocks lower

Asian are mostly higher after most stocks on Wall Street fell following a disappointing report that said inflation was worse last month at the U.S. wholesale level than economists had expected

The Independent UK

Growth fades in Europe: Is the recovery already running out of steam?

The eurozone economy barely grew in the second quarter. Germany and Italy contracted, while Spain continued to shine.

Euronews

China's economy lags in July under pressure from tariffs and a weak property market

China has reported its economy showed signs of slowing in July as factory output and retail sales slowed while housing prices fell further

The Independent UK

Puerto Rico cashes in on Bad Bunny as thousands flock to the island for his concerts

Thousands of tourists are descending on Puerto Rico this summer for one of Bad Bunny’s concerts as part of the rapper's residency that has boosted the U.S. territory’s fragile economy

The Independent UK

Japan's Economy Grows Faster Than Expected, China Loses Momentum As Tariff Impact Looms: Nikkei Bounces, US Futures Mixed

Japan’s economy grew faster than expected during the second quarter, with GDP growing 1% on an annualized basis, ahead of median consensus estimates at 0.4%, and marking its fifth consecutive quarter of growth, based on the figures released on Friday.

Benzinga

The Significance of Monero (XMR) in 2025

In the dynamic world of cryptocurrencies, 2025 brought new challenges and new controversies revolving around privacy, regulation, and decentralized technology's future.

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Inflation or jobs: Federal Reserve officials are divided over competing concerns

Federal Reserve policymakers will be debating whether stubborn inflation or slower hiring is the bigger problem for the economy as they prepare for an annual conference in Jackson, Wyoming, next week and a crucial policy meeting in September

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Stocks mixed despite GDP surprise amid hot US producer price inflation

The FTSE 100 index closed up 12.01 points at 9,177.24.

The National (Scotland)

Is Wellbeing Economics the only way to generate economic growth?

I WANT to dispel a huge myth about the Wellbeing Economic Approach and that is that it involves de-growth ...

Barchart

Dollar Sees Support from Strong US PPI Report

The dollar index (DXY00 ) is up +0.26% as the strong US PPI report sparked a pull-back in expectations for Fed rate cuts in the coming months. In addition, San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly and St Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem today both threw cold water on the idea...

The Conversation

Abdulrazak Gurnah: searching for signs of Zanzibar’s most famous writer, all I found was trinkets and tourists

Zanzibar has long been an island of arrivals for traders, sailors, slaves and, more recently, waves of tourists. I arrived as a wedding guest and a reader of the Zanzibar born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, in search of the literary and emotional landscapes that shape his fiction. For a week, I…

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Euronews

The UK economy grows despite tariff pressures, outpacing G7 peers

While not comparable to the growth at the beginning of the year, July's numbers are bigger than predicted and signal a greater resilience than other top G7 economies.

The Independent UK

Voices: So the economy isn’t shrinking… but when will we feel any benefit, chancellor?

COMMENT: A 0.3 per cent rise in GDP is an unexpected filip for Rachel Reeves at the end of her first year in charge of the British economy, which is now the strongest in the G7 – but it could be bad news for those hoping to get a new…

The Independent UK

US applications for jobless benefits fell last week and remain in historically healthy range

The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell modestly last week, remaining in the historically low range since the U.S. economy emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic

Benzinga

Bridgewater Retreats From China, Shifts Billions Into US Mega-Cap Tech

Bridgewater Associates exited its holdings in U.S.-listed Chinese companies in the second quarter, signaling a decisive retreat as geopolitical tensions and shifting sentiment darkened the outlook for the world’s second-largest economy.

International Business Times

UK Economy Slows Less Than Feared After Tariffs

Britain's economy performed better than expected in the second quarter as it weathered the impact of US tariffs and a higher UK business tax, official data showed Thursday.

Newslaundry

The swagger’s gone: What the last two decades taught me about India’s fading growth dream

Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones?– Bob Dylan, Ballad of a Thin Man, Highway 61 Revisited, 1965. I was offered my first job in Mumbai on a very rainy day in September 2005, a few weeks after we had celebrated the…

Evening Standard

Reeves says rulings on tax must wait for Budget amid inheritance tax speculation

The Chancellor said that her priority was getting ‘our economy firing off all cylinders’.

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