Jason Ma is the weekend editor at Fortune, where he covers markets, the economy, finance and housing. Before joining Fortune, he was an editor at Business Insider, Investor’s Business Daily, and Dow Jones Newswires. He also took time off from journalism to serve in the Marine Corps. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California and UC Berkeley.
EconomyChina’s export-led growth is looking more and more unsustainable while a real estate crash and reeling consumers fuel deflationary spiral
By Jason MaFebruary 1, 2026
EconomyFed chair nominee Kevin Warsh could crush Trump’s rate-cut hopes and risk suffering the same level of abuse that Powell got, analysts say
By Jason MaJanuary 31, 2026
EconomyTrump thinks a weaker dollar is great, but the U.S. needs a stable currency as national debt heads toward $40 trillion, former Fed president says
By Jason MaJanuary 31, 2026
AIMoltbook, a social network where AI agents hang together, may be ‘the most interesting place on the internet right now’
By Jason MaJanuary 31, 2026
EconomyRight before Trump named Warsh to lead the Fed, Powell seemed to respond to some of his biggest complaints about the central bank
By Jason MaJanuary 30, 2026
PoliticsPrediction markets can take bets on outlandish events that ‘get laundered into legitimacy,’ Gen Z’s favorite economic commentator warns
By Jason MaJanuary 26, 2026
PoliticsTrump was surging after the Venezuela raid—then came Jerome Powell, Greenland, and Minnesota. Now it feels like a ‘historic hinge moment’
By Jason MaJanuary 25, 2026
PoliticsMinnesota-based CEOs, including Fortune 500 bosses, call for ‘immediate de-escalation of tensions’ after fatal shooting
By Jason MaJanuary 25, 2026
PoliticsSilicon Valley sounds the alarm on deadly Minneapolis shooting. ‘And it’s only a matter of time before they show up in force here in the Bay Area’
By Jason MaJanuary 25, 2026
PoliticsLatest deadly shooting by federal agents pushes government closer to shutdown as Trump claims Minnesota officials are ‘inciting insurrection’
By Jason MaJanuary 24, 2026
PoliticsAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez says ‘we have to draw a line in the sand now’ after fatal shooting by federal agents in Minnesota
By Jason MaJanuary 24, 2026
EuropeTrump backed down from NATO tariffs over Greenland but may cross a ‘red line’ on U.S. military bases there
By Jason MaJanuary 24, 2026
EconomyDays after saying ‘it’s a good thing’ for Mark Carney to sign a trade deal with China, Trump vows a 100% tariff on Canada for doing so
By Jason MaJanuary 24, 2026
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