Craig Stirling

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  • Shoppers at the new H Mart during their grand opening in Westminster, CA, on Thursday, August 7, 2025. The South Korean supermarket chain opened a 72,000-square-foot grocery store that included a food hall with 11 eateries. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)Economy

    US inflation to rise as higher tariffs feed through

    By Vince Golle, Craig Stirling, and others
  • WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 17: U.S. President Donald Trump listens to reporters’ questions as he meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office at the White House on April 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy party, Meloni is in Washington to discuss a range of bilateral issues, negotiate the 20 percent “reciprocal” tariff Trump imposed on European imports to the U.S. and to discuss pharmaceutical imports. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Politics

    First shockwaves of Trump’s tariffs are about to hit the world economy

    By Craig Stirling and Bloomberg
  • U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Sept. 18, 2024. The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday slashed interest rates by 50 basis points amid cooling inflation and a weakening labor market, marking the first rate cut in over four years. (Photo by Hu Yousong/Xinhua via Getty Images)Finance

    Fed and peers will go ahead with rate cuts after this week’s US election

    By Molly Smith, Craig Stirling, and others
  • Big bomb of money hundred dollar bills with a burning wick. Little time before the explosion. The concept of financial crisisFinance

    The world’s $100 trillion fiscal timebomb keeps ticking

    By Craig Stirling and Bloomberg
  • ECB President Christine LagardeFinance

    ECB is set to deepen global easing with rate cut it didn’t expect

    By Craig Stirling and Bloomberg
  • Jerome Powell at podiumFinance

    Buckle up for this 36-hour span that will soon take markets on a rollercoaster ride

    By Craig Stirling and Bloomberg
  • Christine LagardeFinance

    Global central banks are heading for a synchronized easing cycle

    By Craig Stirling, Vince Golle, and others
  • Jerome Powell walks down hallwayFinance

    Even an uptick in inflation is unlikely to spoil a Fed rate cut in September

    By Molly Smith, Craig Stirling, and others
  • Fed Chair Jerome PowellFinance

    Fed rate cuts could become more likely after key inflation report

    By Vince Golle, Craig Stirling, and others
  • Christine Lagarde smilesFinance

    We’re about to get central bank rate cuts soon—but not from the Federal Reserve: Here’s who is expected to ease in the coming week

    By Craig Stirling and Bloomberg
  • Flags of Great Britain and European UnionPolitics

    EU would ‘be delighted’ to forge closer ties with the U.K.’s next government, according to Economy Commissioner

    By Jorge Valero, Craig Stirling, and others
  • European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks to reporters outside of the West Wing following a meeting with US President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, DC.Finance

    Belgium is racking up debt as fast as the U.S.—but without the benefit of the dollar

    By Craig Stirling, Alexander Weber, and others
  • Jerome Powell sits during fireside chatFinance

    ‘We expect Powell to make a hawkish pivot’—Fed meeting to headline busy week for global markets

    By Reade Pickert, Craig Stirling, and others
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    America’s economic hot streak is just warming up as early data suggests the fastest growth in nearly 2 years during 3Q

    By Vince Golle, Craig Stirling, and others
  • Angela Merkel and Christine LagardeInternational

    Step aside, gents. Lagarde and Merkel take the lead in rebuilding Europe’s economy

    By Craig Stirling, Catherine Bosley, and others