Craig Mellow

Argentina’s inflation rate is high, real wages are stagnant, and unemployment is rising.

Is the EU an honest broker in the AI regulation debate?

France is running a 5%-of-gross-domestic-product budget deficit, with prospects of consolidation faint at least until presidential elections next April.

The poor performance of India’s equities has a lot to do with market composition, with banks holding six of the top 15 index spots.

German markets will focus on whether the nationalist’s party win forces the chancellor to alter structural reforms that appeal to investors.

Grain exports, especially to the Mediterranean region, are caught in the crossfire as Russia and Ukraine expand their bombing targets.

The driver of the rally is a weakening dollar, while previously derided currencies from the Mexican peso to the South African rand have surged.

The vague deal could hinder the steady progress Venezuelan oil has made in production.

These days private investors hold nearly twice as much debt as official creditors, potentially spelling more volatility.

A more economically dynamic Japan is still a draw for real estate investment.

A part of the trade surplus is going into overseas investments, including hot-button artificial intelligence-related stocks and corporate bonds.

Triple-digit temperatures, wildfires, and low river levels are taking a heavy toll. That’s a blow to chemical giants but a boon to utilities.

The European Union seems to be leveraging its market size to become the global trendsetter on digital regulation.

Vietnam should cross a milestone in September when the FTSE Russell upgrades it to “secondary emerging market” status, citing improvements for foreign investors.

Mexico’s stock gains are holding despite the country’s dependency on exports to the U.S., and the two leaders’ discourse turning from warm to prickly.

The outlook for the yen is for further declines so long as the prime minister keeps talking about spending increases and tax cuts.

The German stock market could use help. The Dax 40 index has barely budged since Friedrich Merz became chancellor 14 months ago.

A shift in Japan’s large pool of household financial assets could reshape capital markets, one analyst says.

Investors see potential for an increase in Colombia’s oil output despite a fragmented government.

Prices for urea, essential fertilizer for global agriculture, returned to near prewar levels before the U.S. and Iran announced their peace accord.