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  • [ January 19, 2026 ] Luxembourg Cuts Upfront Costs to Encourage Solar Energy and Sustainability Economic News
  • [ January 15, 2026 ] China Posts Record Trade Surplus Despite Tariffs Economic News
  • [ November 12, 2025 ] Mexico Imposes 156% Sugar Import Tariff to Protect Domestic Producers Economic News
  • [ November 11, 2025 ] Freeze the Rent: Zohran Mamdani’s Bold Bet on Price Controls — An Economist’s Dream or Nightmare? Economic News
  • [ November 10, 2025 ] Philippines Introduces Rice Import Quota to Balance Farmer Protection and Food Security Economic News

Breaking Economic News

Luxembourg Cuts Upfront Costs to Encourage Solar Energy and Sustainability

Luxembourg Cuts Upfront Costs to Encourage Solar Energy and Sustainability

January 19, 2026
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China Posts Record Trade Surplus Despite Tariffs

China Posts Record Trade Surplus Despite Tariffs

January 15, 2026
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Mexico Imposes 156% Sugar Import Tariff to Protect Domestic Producers

Mexico Imposes 156% Sugar Import Tariff to Protect Domestic Producers

November 12, 2025
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Freeze the Rent: Zohran Mamdani’s Bold Bet on Price Controls — An Economist’s Dream or Nightmare?

Freeze the Rent: Zohran Mamdani’s Bold Bet on Price Controls — An Economist’s Dream or Nightmare?

November 11, 2025
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Philippines Introduces Rice Import Quota to Balance Farmer Protection and Food Security

Philippines Introduces Rice Import Quota to Balance Farmer Protection and Food Security

November 10, 2025
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McDonald’s Battles a Split Market: Value Meals, Profit Margins, and a Tale of Two Consumers

McDonald’s Battles a Split Market: Value Meals, Profit Margins, and a Tale of Two Consumers

November 7, 2025
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SDG News

India’s Consumer Market Shrinks as Wealth Inequality Deepens

India’s Consumer Market Shrinks as Wealth Inequality Deepens

February 27, 2025
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Nigeria Joins BRICS: What Does it Mean for the Global Economy?

Nigeria Joins BRICS: What Does it Mean for the Global Economy?

January 20, 2025
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For the most curious of economists...

Freeze the Rent: Zohran Mamdani’s Bold Bet on Price Controls — An Economist’s Dream or Nightmare?

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U.K. Government Seizes Control of British Steel Plant

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U.S. Tariffs on China Surge Past 100% as Trump Escalates Trade War – but why?

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Why Does Trump Want Greenland? The Economics below the Ice

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DOGE to Take on D.C. with Government-Slimming Mission

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Global Wealth Tax: A Potential $2 Trillion Boost for Climate Action

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Japan Bids Farewell to Negative Interest Rates

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Micro News by Topic

Alcohol Prices Surge as Trinidad and Tobago Doubles Excise Duty

Basic Economic Concepts

35
Trump’s Beef with Beef: How Tariffs and Imports Are Shaping U.S. Meat Prices

Supply and Demand

83

Macro News by Topic

Bank of England Cuts Interest Rates to 4% in Push to Revive Weak Growth

Inflation and Unemployment

58
China Posts Record Trade Surplus Despite Tariffs

Balance of Payments

36
Luxembourg Cuts Upfront Costs to Encourage Solar Energy and Sustainability

Consumer and Business Behaviour

196
Freeze the Rent: Zohran Mamdani’s Bold Bet on Price Controls — An Economist’s Dream or Nightmare?

Market Failure

51
China Posts Record Trade Surplus Despite Tariffs

The Global Economy

145
Carney’s Big Bet: Canada Tackles Tariffs with Trillion-Dollar Ambition

Economic Growth

97
Boeing Slashes 17,000 Jobs Amid Strike and Delayed Aircraft Deliveries

The Labour Market

36
Global Dividends Reach New Heights: $1.66 Trillion Paid Out in 2023

Finance

8
Luxembourg Cuts Upfront Costs to Encourage Solar Energy and Sustainability

Government Policy

177
Luxembourg Cuts Upfront Costs to Encourage Solar Energy and Sustainability

Sustainability

19

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