The Latest Breaking News from Economy

America is shorting one of its best assets as the $38 trillion national debt runs out of control

There’s a 59% arbitrage opportunity hiding in plain sight and it has to do with college-educated women.

Fortune · Feb 10

The Future of AI Scaling Lies Beyond GPUs

Investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure continue to grow at a record pace. And fortunately or unfortunately, their impact on the U.S. economy remains limited. The share of AI investments in the country's GDP growth increased from 0.44 percentage points to 0.59 after the introduction of ChatGPT. The figure appears modest…

inkl · Feb 10

The economy isn't K-shaped. For 87 million, people, it's desperate and for another 46 million it's elite

A K-shaped economy that lasts long enough results in a top that grows careless, a bottom that grows combustible, and the middle losing belief.

Fortune · Feb 10

Signs point to RBA fine tuning, rather than hike spree

Softer labour market data and consumer confidence levels reveal an economy coming back towards balance and not in need of major monetary tightening.

AAP · Feb 10

2 Subscription Economy Winners That Still Dominate Their Niches

The subscription economy is booming, and market leaders Netflix and Adobe offer value and growth potential for investors looking for buy-low opportunities.

MarketBeat · Feb 9

AI isn’t likely to wipe out all farming jobs – but it is changing who bears the risks

The global economy is bracing for major job disruption as artificial intelligence (AI) advances and spreads across industries. Experts have been warning about this shift for years, and fiercely debating whether the benefits of an AI revolution will outweigh the cost of mass displacement in the workforce.

The Conversation · Feb 9

Why you shouldn’t worry about AI eating the stock market, top analyst says. The U.S. economy is ‘about to take off’

Software’s disruption by AI may be a problem for software stocks, but not for a booming economy, Apollo’s Torsten Slok argues.

Fortune · Feb 9

Social Security 2026 COLA: Why Your 2.8% Raise Disappeared After Medicare Deductions

Every fall, millions of retirees wait for the Social Security Administration to announce the next year’s cost‑of‑living adjustment, hoping the increase will help them keep pace with rising prices. For 2026, the COLA came in at 2.8 percent — a modest but meaningful bump meant to reflect cooling inflation and…

The Free Financial Advisor · Feb 9

Top analyst: Trump's economy marked by 'soggy consumption, weak job gains and a sour public mood'

J.P. Morgan’s David Kelly sees a political earthquake in 2026, while Société Générale’s Albert Edwards is alarmed by just how little Americans are saving.

Fortune · Feb 9

EU urged not to roll back green agenda in effort to revive faltering economy

Campaigners say industrial issues cannot be solved by watering down climate and environmental policies

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9