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IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva speaks to reporters outside during the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

AI productivity gains are making the rich richer, and they’ll wipe out jobs—but the IMF chief sees a silver lining for low-wage workers

By Tristan Bove

January 24, 2026

Photo: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - JANUARY 21: U.S. President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting on January 21, 2026 in Davos, Switzerland. The annual meeting of political and business leaders comes amid rising tensions between the United States and Europe over a range of issues, including Trump's vow to acquire Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Wall Street celebrates the end of Trump’s Greenland tariff threats and expects the Supreme Court will kill even more of them

January 23, 2026

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The Trump TACO trade is driving up the price of gold as central banks hoard bullion to hedge against the dollar

January 22, 2026

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7 ways Europe could hurt the U.S. economically if Trump doesn’t back down over Greenland

January 21, 2026

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Wall Street is openly talking about whether Trump’s Greenland plan will end U.S. ‘primacy’

January 21, 2026

Stocks sell off globally as traders digest Trump message saying he wants Greenland because ‘your Country decided not to give me the Nobel’

Stocks sell off globally as traders digest Trump message saying he wants Greenland because ‘your Country decided not to give me the Nobel’

January 19, 2026

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In the AI economy, the ‘weirdness premium’ will set you apart. Lean into it, says expert on tech change economics

By Jake Angelo and Nick Lichtenberg

January 16, 2026

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‘De-dollarization’ is dead: Investors discount Trump’s dramas as they pile into U.S. assets

January 16, 2026

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The longer the Supreme Court delays its tariff decision, the better it is for President Trump

January 14, 2026

‘Humans could go the way of horses’: Goldman calculated how bad the AI ‘job apocalypse’ will be—and its analysts were pleasantly surprised

‘Humans could go the way of horses’: Goldman calculated how bad the AI ‘job apocalypse’ will be—and its analysts were pleasantly surprised

January 13, 2026

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‘Sell America’: Investors dump U.S. assets in fear of the end of Fed independence

January 12, 2026

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The Nobel Prize winners have a lesson for us all

By David J. Kappos

January 8, 2026

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If the Supreme Court rules against Trump’s tariffs it could threaten one third of his proposed military budget

January 8, 2026

Trump’s trade tariff revenue is already in decline, and Wall Street is pretty happy about it

Trump’s trade tariff revenue is already in decline, and Wall Street is pretty happy about it

January 6, 2026

Wall Street cheers the prospect of conflict in Venezuela and Greenland

Wall Street cheers the prospect of conflict in Venezuela and Greenland

January 5, 2026

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