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How might the current trends in the Mideast oil market influence global economic policies and energy strategies?

The Middle Eastern crude market is showing further signs of weakness, amplifying concerns about a global glut that could drag prices lower, while enabling Asian traders to shrug off developments in Venezuela

What are the potential impacts of Tether's investment in Anchorage Digital on the future of cryptocurrency regulation?

The firms said the deal reflects shared priorities around security, compliance, and scaling institutional-grade services for stablecoins

What are the risks and benefits of investing heavily in bitcoin for individuals and communities?

What are the pros and cons of having clear rules for the cryptocurrency market?

How should policymakers adapt economic frameworks to address emerging challenges not covered by traditional economics?

This is the strangest economy I’ve seen in my lifetime. If you just looked at the macro data — the jobs numbers, G.D.P., the stock market — things look pretty normal. But they clearly aren’t normal. The Trump administration spent the year upending the global trade system while tech companies spent hundreds of billions of dollars on A.I., a technology that could potentially displace many of our jobs. And people don’t feel normal, either. Survey data shows that the vibecession rages on. Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal are the co-hosts of the excellent economics podcast “Odd Lots” and have closely followed all the chaos this year. So I wanted to have them on the show to explain what the hell is going on. Mentioned: Charts Odd Lots The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu “The Vibecession: The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy” by Kyla Scanlon “Everyone is Gambling and No One is Happy” by Kyla Scanlon Book Recommendations: Breakneck by Dan Wang North Woods by Daniel Mason A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst The Digital Reversal by Andrey Mir Orality and Literacy by Walter J. Ong No Sense of Place by Joshua Meyrowitz Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at [email protected]. You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on Twitter @ezraklein. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs. This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was

How can clean energy impact economic growth and job opportunities in our community?

Solar power, electric vehicles (EVs) and other clean-energy technologies drove more than a third of. The post Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025 appeared first on Carbon Brief

How should Canada balance its auto industry needs with potential trade changes from the U.S.?

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government plans to change its tariff system to create a stronger financial incentive for automakers to invest in Canada, resisting US efforts to lure factory jobs away

What should we consider about the impact of new AI models on jobs and the economy?

Anthropic's "smartest model" is getting a major boost, the company said in a blog post announcing Claude Opus 4.6. It called the new model a "direct upgrade" from its predecessor in a release, noting that it can better take on complex, multi-step tasks and get "much closer to production-ready quality on the first try than […]

What does Walmart's $1 trillion market value mean for consumers and local businesses?

The company’s rapid e-commerce growth and push into automation and artificial intelligence propelled its stock into the trillion-dollar club

How should the European Central Bank decide on interest rates to support the economy?

European Central Bank Governing Council member Martin Kocher tells Bloomberg Television the ECB needs to keep all options available due to the unstable geopolitical and trade backdrop. “It’s important to have full optionality,” he tells Bloomberg’s Lizzy Burden

How should we think about the impact of AI growth on jobs and the economy in our community?

Dutch chipmaking equipment group predicts ‘significant increase’ in sales this year

What strategies should the Czech Government consider to address the $14 billion budget gap while balancing public needs and fiscal responsibility?

The Czech Republic’s budget deficit exceeded the target for 2025, leaving the new government scrambling to find savings and financing for its priorities