Alphabet’s stock slips as Nvidia’s $500 billion financing deal threatens custom chips

Fiscal Dominance and the Politicization of Money Much of the contemporary debate about monetary policy focuses on technical questions: whether reserves should be scarce or abundant, whether fintech companies should have master accounts at the Federal Reserve, whether those accounts should resemble the accounts held by banks, or how far the Fed’s independence should extend….

Last week, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the country’s allegedly “world-leading” National AI Plan and associated measures to position AI as a strategic growth industry. This includes targeted public funding, infrastructure standards, and a new central governance structure: the Office of AI under supervision of the prime minister and cabinet. The framework is intended…

Statement The Bank of England (Bank) co-operates with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to supervise financial market infrastructure (FMI).  The framework for cooperation is set out in a memorandum of understanding (MoU)footnote [1]. This MoU facilitates effective supervision and policy making by exchanging information between the regulators and promotes efficiency by minimising duplication of regulatory activities regarding…

 Reflections from the UN Women Expert Group Meeting for the Seventy-First Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW71) For much of the past decade, the dominant approach to advancing gender equality has been framed around integrating women more fully into existing economic institutions. We have asked how more women can participate in…

The law of diminishing marginal utility is one of the foundational principles of economics, but its significance extends far beyond the marketplace. The principle states that as a person acquires additional units of a good, the satisfaction gained from each successive unit tends to decline. The first glass of water relieves intense thirst, the second…

en English Politics Aug 12, 2026 Zaki Laïdi The current migration crisis is eating away at the solidarity on which the European Union depends, fueling the rise of the far right and pushing leaders to adopt increasingly hardline policies. But the…