The global outlook has improved slightly, but the gains are concentrated in economies tied to AI investment while energy importers and heavily indebted countries lose room to absorb shocks.
13 October 2026 · 3 min readScaling its own inference chips to multi-gigawatt deployments could reduce Microsoft’s dependence on external accelerators and give the cloud group greater control over cost, energy and product design.
12 October 2026 · 4 min readHeadline inflation has climbed to 5.54 per cent and food inflation to 7.74 per cent, exposing a widening gap between household pressure and the limited reach of monetary policy.
12 October 2026 · 3 min readThe UK and EU have set a date to pursue practical agreements on food trade, carbon markets and youth mobility, moving the debate from symbolism toward measurable outcomes.
12 October 2026 · 3 min readWarnings from Singapore’s president and new IMF labour-market work point to a structural risk: entry-level jobs may shrink before education and training systems adapt.
12 October 2026 · 4 min readTraders now see a November rate rise as highly likely, while economists expect no increase, exposing how the energy shock has widened uncertainty around UK monetary policy.
12 October 2026 · 3 min readNorth Korea’s latest launches, days after Seoul showcased a hypersonic weapon, show how reciprocal demonstrations can compress decision time and raise the risk of miscalculation.
12 October 2026 · 3 min readCompulsory reporting would turn frontier-AI safety from a voluntary promise into an operational duty, with major consequences for testing, disclosure and accountability.
12 October 2026 · 3 min readBeijing’s measures against ministers from Paraguay and Belize turn pressure on Taiwan’s remaining diplomatic partners into a more personal and transactional form of statecraft.
12 October 2026 · 3 min readNew reserve and derivatives restrictions aim to slow corporate demand for dollars, but they also raise the cost of managing genuine currency risk.
12 October 2026 · 3 min read