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Canada is lagging in innovation, and that’s a problem for funding the programs we care about

As Canadians prepare to vote in another federal election, the country’s economy faces a sobering reality. As the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) notes, productivity is stagnating, our innovation performance lags global peers and high-potential startups often fail to scale.

The Conversation

The Guardian view on Friedrich Merz’s grand coalition: gambling on a new centre ground

Editorial: The deal signed last week between the centre-right CDU and centre-left SPD paves the way for vital investment in Europe’s biggest economy

The Guardian - UK

Top economist urges Reeves to raise basic rate of income tax for first time in 50 years

Institute for Fiscal Studies boss Paul Johnson warned Donald Trump’s trade war is ‘badly buffeting’ the UK economy

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John Oliver on Trump tariffs: ‘World’s trust in America has been shattered’

The Last Week Tonight host reviewed a chaotic week for the global economy and lambasted the president’s strategy or lack thereof

The Guardian - US

Sky-high US-China tariffs are a mutual trade embargo that will hurt both sides

Effects could tip one into recession and undermine other’s fragile economy but prospects for rapprochement are not hopeless

The Guardian - UK

Even on Pause, Trump's Trade War Runs Up a Big Price Tag

Predictions vary as to the ultimate cost, but there’s no doubt that tariffs create economic pain.

Reason

What’s Driving S&P 500 Volatility?

The U.S. economy is navigating a complex landscape. Inflation continues its gradual descent toward the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, while the labor market shows signs of cooling yet remains relatively resilient.

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These market veterans still think America is the best place to put your money — 'Tech Trumps Tariffs even if Mickey Mouse or a clown were to run the US!'

The idea of "American exceptionalism" in the global economy and financial markets has rapidly lost favor this year, but others are sticking with the US.

Fortune

Post-election tax reform is the key to reversing Australia’s growing wealth divide

Federal elections always offer the opportunity for a reset. Whoever wins the May 3 election should consider a much needed revamp of the tax system, which is no longer fit for purpose.

The Conversation

Worried about your stock market savings as Trump tariffs wreak havoc? Don’t panic

Despite the turmoil it helps to put things into perspective with a look at some fundamental indicators

The Guardian - US

BP dropped its green pledges and turned back to oil. Now the price of crude has collapsed

At its AGM this week, the company will face not only the activist investor at its heels, but a global economy being changed from the White House

The Guardian - UK

Do you yearn to hear Starmer condemn Trump? If so, you’re going to be disappointed

‘Don’t poke the beast’ remains the watchword at Number 10 even as the beast rampages around chewing the legs off the global economy

The Guardian - UK

SNL mocks ‘messiah’ Trump over chaotic tariffs policy with Easter-themed cold open

‘Some people call me the Messiah because of the mess I uh made out of the economy’

The Independent UK

Trump's 'punitive' China tariffs could end trade between the world's two largest economies—and that would be painful, volatile and dangerous

Can U.S.-China trade survive in a post-145% tariff world?

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Ecuador's Presidential Hopefuls Face Toxic Brew Of Crime, Unemployment

Cartel violence is hollowing out Ecuador's largest city Guayaquil, scaring away tourists, pummelling the economy and leaving whoever wins Sunday's presidential election with a gargantuan problem.

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves calls for global free trade fightback to protect UK economy

New measures announced to help tariff-hit British firms amid ambitious plans to foster closer ties with EU

The Guardian - UK

Now is not the time to turn our backs on the world but to face forward

In uncertain times, the government is seeking to foster the stability that promotes security and growth, the chancellor argues

Fortune

Trump's tariffs changed the global economy, and what comes next

The U.S. economy is in chaos. What happened and how you should respond.

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Jamie Dimon argues JPMorgan can help fix bond market chaos

The Treasury market helps the global economy go-round, and Wall Street is watching closely for signs the Fed may need to intervene.

The Guardian - US

‘Completely out of touch’: golf and dinners for ‘king’ Trump as economy melts down

Casual attitude as markets fall suggests man detached from anxieties of ordinary voters – and surrounded by yes men

International Business Times

Argentina Receives $42 Bn From International Financial Institutions

Three international financial institutions announced $42 billion in fresh support for financially troubled Argentina on Friday, as its president said his country's economy will grow "like never before."

The Independent UK

Argentina says it will lift the country's strict currency controls with the help from the IMF

Argentine President Javier Milei’s economy minister says the libertarian government would lift the country’s strict capital and currency controls in a few days, a high-stakes gamble made possible by a new loan from the International Monetary Fund

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Tariff Angst Sinks the Dollar and Boosts Gold to a Record High

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Friday fell by -0.80% and posted a 3-year low. The dollar retreated Friday because of concerns that the escalation of the US-China trade war would derail the economy and lead to stagflation. On Friday, China raised tariffs on all US goods to 125% from 84%...

Fortune

As JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley beat Q1 expectations, Jamie Dimon says he cares less about the U.S. economy than that the “Western world stays together economically”

Mostly positive bank earnings were clouded by the chaotic start to Q2 and the murky economic outlook.

The Conversation

In trade war with the US, China holds a lot more cards than Trump may think − in fact, it might have a winning hand

When Donald Trump pulled back on his plan to impose eye-watering tariffs on trading partners across the world, there was one key exception: China.

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