How to Buy a House in Japan: 5 Steps Under 2026 Rules
Headlines this year have talked about Japan “cracking down” on foreign property buyers. The actual…
Category: Economy & Markets
Treasury Yield Reaches 19-Year High as Trump Dines With Xi
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping sat down to a state dinner at the White House…
Fed Rate Hike—What That Does to Your Money
The Federal Open Market Committee begins its two-day meeting tomorrow morning. At 2:00 p.m. ET…
Brent Crude Hit $100 and the Fed Has 5 Days to Decide What to Do About It
For the first time since the early weeks of the Iran conflict, Brent crude crossed…
The Bond Market Just Hit a 19-Month High
Global bond markets opened September with their worst week in months. The US 10-year Treasury…
Why Global Markets Are More Fragile Than the VIX Suggests Right Now
The week opened with a deadline expiring, a ceasefire failing, an oil benchmark holding near…
Global Pension Crisis: The Big Reason Why We’re Running Out of Time
The numbers describing the global pension crisis are large enough to be almost abstract. The…
Africa’s Debt Trap: Which Countries Are Closest to Default
Senegal enters the second half of 2026 with public debt sitting at roughly 130% of…
The Hidden Reason Groceries Will Never Get Cheaper
Every grocery receipt now carries a quiet, persistent question: why does the bill keep climbing…
Which Countries Are Winning as Supply Chains Abandon China
For three decades, the logic of global manufacturing was simple: make it in China, ship…