Articles & Insights by null | Author

Stay informed with null’s coverage and analysis for Fortune.

Gold bars of various weights at the Italpreziosi SpA precious metals refinery plant arranged in Arezzo, Italy, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. Gold fell, snapping a two-day advance, as signs of progress on US-China trade talks curbed demand for havens even as military hostilities between India and Pakistan escalated. Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Markets have been acting ‘super weird’ lately. Just look at gold prices vs. the dollar and bonds

JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING – AUGUST 22: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is seen walking in Grand Teton National Park on August 22, 2025 near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Powell spoke Friday at the annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium. (Photo by Natalie Behring/Getty Images)

The Fed ‘desperately’ wants to avoid a recession because it doesn’t want to get blamed and put its independence at risk, top economist says

VLADIVOSTOK, RUSSIA – SEPTEMBER 4 (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin reacts during his talks with Prime Minister of Laos Sonexay Siphandone (not pictured, on September 4, 2025, in Vladivostok, Russia. Putin arrived in Vladivostok on a two-day trip to attend an annual Eastern Economic Forum. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)

Russia’s central bank reveals GDP is shrinking, in a sign Putin’s war economy has slipped into recession

Large industrial warehouse with machinery and yellow support structures , with steel and metal processing equipment, welders welding steel bars

Here’s how many jobs have been lost in sectors affected by tariffs since Trump’s trade war started

A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. US stocks fell on Tuesday, extending losses from Friday as Big Tech names declined and yields on 10-year Treasuries advanced, pressured by mounting corporate issuance. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Dow futures rise as recession fears grow while Wall Street awaits the one thing that could derail Fed rate cuts

Latin American doctor running at the entrance hall of a hospital while carrying a digital tablet – emergency medicine concepts

The most troubling feature of the job market is how thinly spread gains are, top economist says — ‘this only happens when the economy is in recession’

WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 05: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (C) speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump announces plans to host the 2026 G20 summit in Miami, Florida during a press availability in the Oval Office of the White House on September 05, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump detailed his administration’s plans to host the 2026 Group of 20 summit of world leaders at his golf course and spa in Doral, Florida. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

U.S. may have to refund half its tariff revenue as high-stakes court battle threatens to wreak havoc on the deficit and bond market

Homes in Surfside, Florida, US, on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. Sales of previously owned US homes rose modestly in July as price growth slowed and mortgage rates drifted lower, helping to stabilize demand. Photographer: Zak Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Mortgage rates plunge to 11-month low on Fed rate cut hopes, and many lenders may quote in the high 5% range

CORRECTION / Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 laureate and British-Canadian computer scientist and cognitive psychologist<br />
Geoffrey Hinton delivers his Nobel Prize lecture in Aula Magna, Stockholm University, Sweden, on December 8, 2024. (Photo by Pontus LUNDAHL / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP) / Sweden OUT / “The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by Pontus LUNDAHL has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [British-Canadian computer scientist and cognitive psychologist<br />
Geoffrey Hinton] instead of [US physicist Geoffrey Hinton]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.” (Photo by PONTUS LUNDAHL/TT NEWS AGENCY/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Godfather of AI’ says the technology will create massive unemployment and send profits soaring — ‘that is the capitalist system’

Chair of the US Federal Reserve Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following the July 29-30 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, DC on July 30, 2025. The US Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged for a fifth consecutive policy meeting Wednesday, defying strong political pressure from President Donald Trump to slash borrowing costs — although divisions emerged among policymakers. The US central bank’s call to hold interest rates at a range between 4.25 percent and 4.50 percent comes amid a flurry of data releases this week, including an early estimate showing the world’s biggest economy returned to growth in the second quarter. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

The Fed got it wrong and is late again, top economist says, as job gains collapse

Smiling professionals in 30s and 50s, casually dressed, sitting at task table and discussing content on monitor.

You’re much more likely to get retrained than fired due to AI, but layoffs will rise, N.Y. Fed says

In medieval times, students often listened to teachers read from books, and some schools even discouraged students from writing down what they heard, NYU’s Clay Shirky said.

Colleges should go ‘medieval’ on students to beat AI cheating, NYU official says

WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 29: Trade advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump Peter Navarro speaks to members of the media following a television interview on the North Lawn of the White House on May 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. Navarro spoke after a federal court blocked Trump’s sweeping tariffs using an emergency powers law. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump’s trade adviser says tariffs aren’t permanent after appeals court strikes down reciprocal duties

Without some reductions, the trust funds will run out of money and retirees would face even more draconian cuts, including 19% across the board for Social Security.

Social Security and Medicare cuts are coming because the bond market will eventually bring Congress to its knees, economist says

A for sale sign is displayed outside of a home for sale on August 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. United States real estate industry rules governing agent commissions will change on August 17 as part of a legal settlement between the National Association of Realtors and home sellers. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

The housing market is no longer a wealth-building engine as home prices continue to slump