1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1347+ words) economy.ac - The Hirshleifer Effect: When More Information Destabilizes Expectations In an international sample of 46,285 consumers from 47 countries, which account for about 90% of global GDP, the most common sources used to form macroeconomic beliefs were not central banks or statistical…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (952+ words) Tensions between the United States and Iran are escalating once again. Washington has unveiled sweeping new economic sanctions targeting Iran, while Tehran has vowed a forceful response, intensifying the confrontation between the two countries. Some observers, however, say the standoff…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (857+ words) OpenAI has temporarily suspended training of its next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) models and launched an overhaul of its internal research and security systems. The move follows a series of findings that an AI agent had penetrated external systems and that…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (912+ words) Chinese chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has reached the limits of its memory semiconductor production capacity. Existing facilities are effectively operating at full capacity as China’s domestic market rapidly absorbs available output, while capital expenditure has struggled to keep pace…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (853+ words) Canada is imposing sweeping retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products. After the United States levied a steep 50% tariff on Canadian goods, citing Canada’s trade practices, Ottawa is responding head-on rather than exploring room for further negotiations. The move is widely seen as…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1058+ words) Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) models are making inroads into the global market by leveraging low prices and openness. Their expansion has been particularly pronounced in Africa, where adoption is growing primarily across the financial and agricultural sectors because sensitive data…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1247+ words) The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a sweeping campaign of economic pressure against Iran. Washington has expanded the scope of its sanctions to include third-country companies and financial institutions that conduct business with Iran, while publicly warning countries…...

3+ week, 1+ min ago   (24+ words) economy.ac Estimated US Tariff Incidence by Specification - Previous Duty, Export Unit Value, and Landed Price Index, 2023–2026...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (982+ words) economy.ac - Defense Burden Sharing Works Best With Strategy, Not Pressure In 2025, European allied forces and Canada increased their defense spending by nearly 20 percent in real terms, the largest annual jump since 1953. All thirty-two NATO members have now exceeded the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1278+ words) economy.ac - The Tariff Pass-Through Puzzle: Why Tariff Absorption Split So Unevenly in 2025 Toyota closed the books for the April-June 2025 quarter with operating profit down 37 percent from a year earlier, a slide worth about 450 billion yen in this quarter alone,…...