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Key Points The One Big Beautiful Bill Act set aside $1 billion for the Education Department to cover “administrative costs” of the federal student loan program, with no reporting requirement…

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images News Venezuela’s aging oil port terminals are essentially imposing export caps on the country’s resurgent crude production, with tankers having to wait up to 30 days to…

A 2.2 million barrel per day gap has opened between major energy forecasting agencies in their assessments of 2026 global oil demand growth, according to a comparative analysis published by…

Bitcoin trades near $64,000 heading into the most consequential US macro week of August, sitting almost on top of the market’s largest nearby demand concentration. The Aug. 12 inflation report,…

When one country’s chip and computing hardware shipments become a primary growth engine for its entire export machine, every AI spending cycle lands squarely on Beijing’s trade balance. The leverage…

Houses near data centres could drop in value by $35,000, with four in five people refusing to buy nearby without a price discount, according to new data. It used to…

Mortgage applications suffered another setback last week as rising interest rates dragged down demand for home loans, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. For the week ending on July 10, MBA’s Market…

Gold is feeling the summer heat with a drop below US$4,000 per ounce on Wednesday (June 24). The yellow metal hasn’t been below that key psychological level since November 2025,…

US spot Bitcoin ETFs turned negative on June 17, yet fund-level flows revealed a split market, with some products still attracting fresh capital. Farside Investors recorded $82.2 million of net…

The typical American existing home has sold for more than $400,000 for the first time, even as pending sales fall for the fourth straight week and economic uncertainty keeps buyers…