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Cloudflare (NET +2.71%) could become a key toll road for the internet as AI agents drive more traffic across the web. Pay Per Crawl gives the company a fascinating new revenue angle, but valuation, competition, and insider selling make the stock a much harder call. *Stock prices used were the market prices of June 27,…

This paper shows that the currency in which traded goods are invoiced has a first-order implication for the short-run impact of tariffs on the economy. If prices are set in terms of producer’s currency (PCP), a unilateral tariff is contractionary on impact, reducing GDP, and causing a deterioration in the trade balance. By contrast, with…

It’s not good for China, US or Europe If everything seems to be made in China these days, it’s probably because it is. China manufacturers roughly the same amount of goods as the US, Japan, and Germany combined. European consumers are currently benefitting from cheap solar panels, electric cars and electronics. But, it comes at…

Interview with Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, conducted by Guillaume Benoit and Christophe Jakubyszyn on 24 June 2026 2 July 2026 On 11 June, the ECB raised its key interest rates. Do you still think that was the right decision, given that just ten days later Iran and the United States agreed a 60-day…

The Pound Sterling steadies during the North American session, as the week begins in a risk-off mood, as evidenced by overall US Dollar strength in the FX markets, even though soft jobs data and trimmed hawkish Fed bets for the rest of the year. At the time of writing, the GBP/USD trades at 1.3357 after…

en English Human Development Jul 6, 2026 Daron Acemoglu Genetic-engineering tools with which to design one’s progeny already exist, and they are being made even more potent with AI—at least for those who can afford such services. In the absence of policy…

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Monday’s key moments. 1. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were up on Monday, building on strong gains last week . The 30-stock Dow , however, traded lower after briefly surpassing…

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