Brazil’s medium-term inflation outlook improved further in the latest Focus report from the Central Bank, with median consumer price index forecasts easing even lower and remaining below the official upper limit for 2025. Despite the most restrictive monetary policy in decades, price pressures appear to be gradually cooling. The median projection for the IPCA, the benchmark
For the past few decades, Europe treated cheap Chinese imports as a mixed blessing. They squeezed margins in some industries, but kept inflation low and consumers happy. But the trade-off no longer exists. As domestic demand weakens in China, exports have become a release valve, and Europe is absorbing that flow. What European manufacturers are
SoftBank announced a deal Monday to acquire DigitalBridge for $16 per share, or roughly $4 billion including debt. The announcement capped weeks of speculation about the Japanese conglomerate’s interest in the data-center investment firm. The move signals SoftBank’s aggressive push to consolidate AI infrastructure assets as the industry races to build the computing capacity AI
2025 closed as a watershed year for Europe’s digital-asset ecosystem: legislative clarity arrived globally at scale, institutional rails matured, and market participants, from native crypto firms to traditional banks, accelerated pilots and product launches. But clarity breeds competition and complexity. In 2026, we believe Europe will move from regulatory implementation to greater certainty, and the
US stocks fell on Monday as losses in large technology names weighed on the market following last week’s surge to fresh record levels for the S&P 500. The S&P 500 slipped 0.4%, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.7%, underperforming as investors pulled back from growth-oriented technology stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was comparatively resilient,
Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE) may have received a symbolic vote of confidence this week with Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) chief executive Tim Cook buying roughly $3.0 million worth of its stock. But a senior Guggenheim analyst – Simeon Siegel – warns the firm’s turnaround story remains far from complete. While the North America business sure has
Nvidia stock (NASDAQ: NVDA) fell more than 1.6% on Monday, slipping into the red as investors digested major strategic announcements that raised fresh questions about capital deployment. The selling reflects a mix of year-end profit-taking and growing skepticism about whether the company is overcommitting capital on emerging technologies. Nvidia stock: Strategic moves amplify investor questions
Air Nostrum has made a partial early repayment of €20 million to Spain’s state-owned holding company, SEPI, reducing the balance of a €111 million loan granted during the COVID-19 crisis. According to Spanish news agency EFE, the payment was executed on Monday and applies to funds provided by the Strategic Companies Solvency Support Fund (FASEE).
As 2025 draws to a close, stablecoins are stepping out of the shadows of cryptocurrency speculation and emerging as central instruments in the evolving landscape of global finance. Once considered fringe assets, these digital tokens are now at the heart of debates about monetary sovereignty, regulatory oversight, and the modernisation of payment systems. At press
The UNI price held steady at $6 on Sunday as investors reacted to the latest token burn after the recent token burn. Uniswap’s token was up by 25% from its lowest point this year. This article explores what to expect with the UNI token in the coming days. Uniswap burns 100 million tokens One of