How Does Monetary and Fiscal Policy Affect the Economy in the Face of Large Shocks?

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The company has shed more than $800 billion in market value from its $2.67 trillion peak in less than a month.

Silver price retreats on Friday during the North American session, edging down by 0.54%, weighed by high US Treasury yields and a sudden shift in market sentiment, after US President Trump revealed that the ceasefire is “over.” At the time of writing, the XAG/USD trades at $59.66. XAG/USD Price Forecast: Technical Outlook Silver is downward…

Semiconductor investors have been here before. After a scorching run, chip stocks have tumbled again, with memory names sliding more than 20% into bear market territory and the broader group shedding hundreds of billions in value. In the current artificial intelligence (AI) cycle, that kind of drop has repeatedly turned out to be a tech…

On July 1, 2026, trade representatives from the US, Canada, and Mexico face the first review deadline for the US-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement (USMCA), which took effect in July 2020. President Trump has said he does not intend to renew the agreement in its current form, raising the likelihood of further rounds of review and…

Canada’s financial system has functioned well through a challenging year. Households and businesses remain in stable financial condition, and banks have strengthened their capacity to absorb shocks. However, vulnerabilities have increased in some parts of the system, and a more turbulent global environment poses risks to financial stability.