Brazil’s benchmark Ibovespa fell about 1% on Friday, slipping below the 179,000 mark as investors recalibrated expectations in response to a more cautious tone from central banks and escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.The decline reflects a broader reassessment of monetary policy trajectories, particularly as rising energy costs revive…

The Brazilian real extended its recent slide, weakening toward 5.3 per US dollar as investors reassessed both domestic and global risks.The currency’s depreciation reflects a combination of internal liquidity concerns and external pressures, including heightened geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and a stronger US dollar weighing on emerging market…

US stocks closed sharply lower on Friday, as escalating tensions in the Middle East and surging oil prices weighed on investor sentiment and raised concerns about inflation and interest rates.The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell about 0.96% or 443 points to 45,577.47, while the S&P 500 dropped 1.51% to 6,506.48.…

For 60 years, the US-Israel alliance was treated as a sacred pillar of American foreign policy, but that consensus may be cracking. What was once framed as a strategic partnership now looks increasingly like a costly state-backed arrangement: one that has delivered Israel more than $300 billion in US assistance.The…

The ongoing LPG crisis in India, triggered by the Iran war, has exposed the country’s deep dependence on fuel imports. “This is a wake-up call,” Alok Kumar, former power secretary in the Union Ministry of Power, India, and current DG of All India Discoms Association, told Invezz.”It’s good that we…

A growing share of Gen-Z (defined as those born between 1997 and 2012) is stepping away from work and education at the same time that debt burdens are rising and wages are struggling to keep up with living costs.Across major economies, millions of young people are now classified as NEETs, meaning…