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Two Americans just won the economics Nobel. Here's what they actually figured out.

Robert Hall and Michael Woodford: their training, their work on expectations and central bank policy, and why it changed how the world fights recessions and inflation.

Central banks can't print oil. Here's why that matters right now.

Oil is near $100 and the Strait of Hormuz is still shut. Why rate hikes can't fix an energy shock, and why central banks are hiking anyway.

Trump wants rates at 1%. The Fed chair he picked just raised them anyway.

Why the president is pushing for lower rates, why the Fed hiked anyway, and why the man in the middle is the one Trump chose for the job.

Japan just hiked rates to a 31-year high. Here's why that matters beyond Tokyo.

Eight years of negative rates, and the yen carry trade that's quietly moved global capital for a decade. What Japan's latest hike changes.

Canada just got an unprecedented offer from the EU

The EU wants Canada to become its first-ever "associate member." What that status could actually mean, and why it's happening now.

The Fed just raised rates. Here's what that actually means for you.

A quarter-point hike, the first since 2023 — what it changes for Americans, and for everyone else.

The Nobel Prize in Economics isn't actually a Nobel Prize. Here's the real story.

How the prize was created, how winners are actually chosen, and the laureates — from Milton Friedman to Claudia Goldin — who shaped the field.

Why does everyone keep calling inflation "sticky"?

The word shows up in every headline. Here's what it actually means, and why central banks can't get rid of it as fast as they'd like.

Rwanda is betting its economy on sports tourism

Sponsorship deals with Arsenal and PSG, an F1 Grand Prix bid: a small landlocked country is making an unusual economic bet. Is it paying off?

Dollarama just posted record profits. Here's what that means for you.

A dollar-store chain becoming one of the country's most profitable companies says something about the state of Canadians' wallets.

The Fed didn't cut rates. Here's why markets shrugged.

An expected decision isn't a decision without consequences. What investors were actually watching that week.

A stronger Canadian dollar, and your grocery bill

Exchange rates don't make headlines every day, but they end up in your shopping cart anyway. The link, explained simply.

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