Missed payroll expectations and revised April and May numbers put the Fed in a tough spot for rate cuts. June’s employment numbers showed almost no change from the previous month, as the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a 4.2% unemployment rate and an estimated 57,000 nonfarm payroll jobs, roughly half the 115,000 economists expected. At…
The race is on to secure alternative routes for both Gulf fossil fuels and clean energy. This article appears in the July/August 2026 issue of Global Finance Magazine. More than 30 years after the first Gulf War, it seemed unlikely, if not unthinkable, that images of burning oil facilities would once again make headlines in…
Sam Enright works on innovation policy at Progress Ireland, an independent policy think tank in Dublin, and runs a publication called The Fitzwilliam. Most relevant to us, on his personal blog , he writes a popular link roundup; what follows is an abridged version of his Links for June. Blogs and short links 1. From…