Nvidia becomes world’s first $5tn company amid stock market and AI boom Silicon Valley chipmaker hits $5tn valuation just three months after it was first to break through the $4tn barrier The Guardian - US · Oct 29, 2025
‘A stomach of steel’: amateur investors ride out dips amid talk of an AI bubble As one 23-year-old buys a house with his winnings, experts say risk-takers are fuelling an unsustainable market The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2025
Trump news at a glance: president floats a third term as Democrats vow ‘no way in hell’ President has not definitively ruled out seeking to extend time in office. Key US politics stories from Monday 27 October at a glance The Guardian - US · Oct 28, 2025
Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill will push US debt levels beyond those of Greece or Italy, IMF forecast predicts President’s allies say deficit is going down, but predictions for 2026 still range as high as $2.2 trillion The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2025
US debt set to soar above Italy and Greece after Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ While the European countries have brought their spending under control, the US president’s tax cuts and defence spending will lead to increased borrowing The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2025
US borrowing expected to rival Europe’s most indebted states, says IMF The United States is on track to record the steepest debt increase among major economies, according to the IMF — surpassing levels in Italy and Greece for the first time this century. Euronews · Oct 27, 2025
Don't Call It A Bubble: Why Gold's Rally Has Deep, Structural Support After a dazzling rally that pushed gold prices to a record $4,378 per ounce earlier this month, the yellow metal has dipped back to $4,100—to some, a warning sign, but to others, a setup for what could be the next leg in a powerful, fundamentally driven uptrend. Benzinga · Oct 23, 2025
Why Did the Royal Navy Intercept the Russian Warship? Cause, What Happened and Historical Significance The Royal Navy intercepted a Russian warship off the UK coast amid 2025's sluggish 1.3% growth, 3.2% inflation, and 4.8% unemployment—highlighting how defence and economic security now go hand in hand. International Business Times UK · Oct 23, 2025
Barclays plays down £20bn exposure to private credit industry CEO says bank has ‘right controls’ in place despite warnings about industry from IMF and Bank of England The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2025
Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit It is the right way to go, but taking the long way round to such an obvious point has cost Labour precious time and credibility, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2025
South American country swings to right, ending 20 years of socialist rule Bolivia has elected centrist senator Rodrigo Paz as its new president The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025
What the west can do to stop the global south being strangled by debt Labour would do well to remember its manifesto promise to revive Britain’s global leadership on development The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2025
What is private credit, and should we be worried by the collapse of US firms? First Brands and Tricolor failures raise concerns for wider financial sector, including traditional banks The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2025
China And US Agree To Fresh Trade Talks China and the United States agreed Saturday to conduct another round of trade negotiations in the coming week, as the world's two biggest economies seek to avoid another damaging tit-for-tat tariff battle. International Business Times · Oct 18, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2025 ‘A foot out in the cold’: leaders huddle at IMF as icy economic winds blow Worries over private credit, tax and spend, skittish bond markets and tariff chaos dominate meeting in Washington
The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2025 Head of IMF says risks in private credit market keep her awake at night Kristalina Georgieva urges vigilance over ‘very significant shift of financing’ after collapse of Tricolor and First Brands
The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2025 Rachel Reeves says those with broadest shoulders should pay fair share of tax Chancellor adds she wants to ‘get the balance right’ and not deter wealthy people from making the UK their home
Benzinga · Oct 16, 2025 IMF's Gita Gopinath Warns: Record Global Exposure To US Equities Could Make Next Crash Far Worse Than Dot-Com Bust The International Monetary Fund’s First Deputy Manager, Gita Gopinath, is raising concerns regarding the growing global exposure to U.S. equities, making a market correction at this stage very detrimental to the global economy.
Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2025 Londoners in the firing line for tax rises as Reeves says levy on wealthy 'will be part of story' at Budget Chancellor says higher taxes on the wealthy will be ‘part of the story’ when she delivers her Budget on November 26
The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2025 Thursday briefing: Rachel Reeves starts to sell a tough budget to the public In today’s newsletter: The chancellor begins to lay the groundwork ahead of next month’s big speech
The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2025 Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky in US for Trump meeting after President announces new Putin summit Ukrainian president will hold talks in the Oval Office after Trump said he would meet Putin in Hungary
Evening Standard · Oct 15, 2025 Reeves suggests higher taxes on wealthy will be in Budget The Chancellor said the economy is still suffering from the impacts of leaving the European Union, austerity policies and Liz Truss’s mini-budget.
International Business Times · Oct 15, 2025 Syria Won't Wait For Global Community To Reform Economy: Finance Minister Syria is in a hurry to rebuild its war-torn economy and will not wait for the international community to begin making those changes, the country's finance minister said Wednesday.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2025 Rachel Reeves says higher taxes on wealthy ‘part of the story’ for November budget Chancellor hints at rises and calls out past ‘scaremongering’ over VAT on private schools and changes to non-doms
International Business Times · Oct 15, 2025 US Says Working On New $20 Bn 'Facility' For Argentina US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday said he was working to help corral the private sector around a new $20 billion "facility" to support Argentina's embattled economy.