Washington has dramatically widened its economic campaign against Tehran. For governments, the key question is how far the United States is prepared to push its Iran sanctions into China and other critical trading hubs. WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has opened a new phase of its campaign against Iran, threatening
A record foreign-currency mobilization has strengthened India’s external defenses. But persistent Indian rupee weakness shows how oil prices, capital flows and geopolitical risk continue to test one of the world’s fastest-growing major economies. India has mobilized roughly $73 billion in foreign currency in less than 11 weeks. Yet the Indian
The latest escalation is no longer just a tariff dispute. It is accelerating a broader Canadian effort to reduce economic dependence on its largest trading partner. OTTAWA — The Canada-US trade conflict has entered a more consequential phase. After negotiations collapsed on August 21, the United States imposed 50% tariffs
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund ended 2025 with assets under management broadly flat from a year earlier, marking a significant slowdown after a decade of rapid expansion and highlighting a wider shift in how sovereign wealth funds are being used around the world. Asia Asset Management reported that
The artificial intelligence boom is moving beyond technology markets and into global finance. As technology companies raise unprecedented amounts of capital for data centers, chips and energy infrastructure, AI debt is adding another source of supply to bond markets already absorbing extraordinary levels of government debt. The world’s largest technology
Bitcoin’s latest rally is being driven by improving liquidity, a weaker dollar and short covering. But the approaching Senate test of the CLARITY Act raises a bigger question: whether the United States is moving toward a comprehensive federal framework for digital assets. Bitcoin surged toward $80,000 on Friday, extending one
SDG News Economic Brief | August 18, 2026 Government borrowing costs are climbing across major economies, raising the price of financing public priorities as geopolitical risk, inflation concerns and heavy debt issuance converge. The U.S. 30-year Treasury yield rose above 5.3% on Tuesday, its highest level since 2007, while the
Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Donald Trump are making a final push for an agreement before new Canada tariffs on nearly $20 billion in Canadian imports take effect on August 19. Canada and the United States are in last-minute negotiations ahead of a new round of Canada tariffs scheduled
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has identified more than 40 countries and jurisdictions as presenting elevated risks for Chinese goods being rerouted around U.S. tariffs, widening Washington’s scrutiny of China-linked global supply chains. A White House report released this week alleges that Chinese exporters are increasingly routing goods through third
The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund generated roughly $184 billion in the first half of 2026, powered by global equities and technology stocks — even as its chief executive warned that the economic conditions behind Norway’s extraordinary accumulation of wealth may not last. OSLO — Norway’s sovereign wealth fund generated
