Head of Norway's sovereign wealth fund warns that soaring AI-driven stock valuations could trigger a sharp correction ~finance business Article 1009 words 22 votes
Sweden has halved its borrowing since facing financial meltdown in the 1990s, without raising taxes – and what Britain can learn from this experience ~finance economics Article 1502 words 17 votes
Drawbacks to Iceland having its own currency likely exceed the benefits, the country's Finance Ministry said, citing the conclusions of a government-commissioned report ~finance Article 21 votes
Iceland is again the world's most expensive country, surpassing Switzerland for the first time in years, calculations by a local trade union showed ~finance economics Article 9 votes
Can a country get too rich? Norway shows the potential pitfalls of uncommon prosperity. ~finance economics Link 24 votes
Norway's sovereign wealth fund impressed by artificial intelligence's ability to catch risks overlooked by both the media and external vendors ~finance business Article 11 votes
Sweden has been part of the EU for thirty years, yet is one of the few to have kept their own currency – could global tensions finally see them warming towards the euro ~finance economics Article 879 words 6 votes
Europe’s $24 trillion breakup with Visa and Mastercard has begun ~finance business banking Article 1089 words 64 votes
Silver plunges 30% in worst day since 1980, gold tumbles as Kevin Warsh pick eases US Federal Reserve independence fear ~finance Article 33 votes
Sweden's ruling class is flirting with the idea of adopting the EU's single currency, seeking safety in numbers to insulate itself against geopolitical tension from both sides of the Atlantic ~finance economics Article 14 votes
How Norway jeopardised its integrity overnight – Oslo abruptly changed the ethics rules for the world's largest sovereign wealth fund ~finance economics business Link 11 votes
In the early 1990s, Sweden faced one of the worst economic crises in its modern history – the lessons for other countries, especially France, deep in its own budget crisis, are simple, if not easy ~finance economics Article 997 words 21 votes
Talking to the Bank of England about systemic risk and systems engineering ~finance cryptocurrency Article 16 029 words 10 votes
Norway's sovereign wealth fund set to undergo review as heightened geopolitical tensions lay bare the challenges of weighing national interest and ethics in steering the massive investor ~finance business Article 9 votes
A contentious book argues that endless oil revenue and a sovereign wealth fund are making Norway increasingly bloated, unproductive and unhealthy ~finance economics business Article 13 votes
EU needs single regulatory framework and to break down fragmentation across its business, tax, debt issuance and securities law systems, according to Norway's sovereign wealth fund ~finance business Article 15 votes
Brazil’s government-run payments system has become dominant ~finance banking Article 232 words, published Apr 3 2025 34 votes
Norges Bank has decided to renew Nicolai Tangen's term as chief executive of Norway's soveriegn wealth fund after his first period comes to an end later this year ~finance Article 246 words 6 votes
Norway's sovereign wealth fund should let other institutions and perhaps even ordinary people invest in the fund ~finance Link 12 votes
Norway central bank gets eighty-two applicants for wealth fund CEO job – current chief Nicolai Tangen has applied for a second term ~finance Article 3 votes
Norway's sovereign wealth fund posted a full-year profit of $222.4 billion – returns were driven by the AI boom that drove tech stocks higher in 2024 ~finance Article 7 votes
Iceland is crowdsourcing ideas from the population on budget savings to ensure taxpayer money is well spent ~finance economics Article 77 words 13 votes
Everybody loves FRED: how America fell for a data tool ~finance economics business Article 1322 words, published Dec 6 2024 13 votes
Key inflation rate hits 2.1% in September, as expected, closing in on US Federal Reserve target ~finance economics Article 21 votes
Norway's $1.8 trillion wealth fund issues stock market warning – heightened uncertainty and concerns over the economic outlook mean that stock market risks are tilted to the downside ~finance economics Article 9 votes
From "anti-core" to "felt inflation": Or how I calmed my populist demons ~finance Article 1906 words 25 votes
Russian banks say yuan coffers empty, urge central bank action, while Chinese banks in Russia are avoiding currency trading for fear of secondary Western sanctions ~finance banking Article 410 words 21 votes
Dow Jones drops 864 points, and Japanese stocks suffer worst crash since 1987 amid US economy worries ~finance economics Article 841 words 50 votes
Japanese stocks rebound after global sell-off; US futures edge up ~finance economics Article 508 words 19 votes
Vast coin collection of Danish butter magnate L.E. Bruun is set to finally go on sale a century after his death, and could fetch up to $72 million ~humanities.history Article 1391 words 11 votes
Rents are the Federal Reserve’s ‘biggest stumbling block’ in taming US inflation ~finance Article 77 words 16 votes
Bank of Canada says the country faces a productivity 'emergency' ~finance economics Article 905 words 17 votes
US Federal Reserve’s Jerome Powell ready to support job market, even if it means lingering inflation ~finance Article 77 words 7 votes
Millennium trader scored $40 million windfall in Egypt FX plunge ~finance economics Article 77 words 4 votes
US markets get ready for risk-free Federal Reserve arbitrage trade to expire ~finance banking Article 534 words 4 votes
Denmark set to withdraw the 1,000 kroner note, its largest denomination, from circulation by May 2025 – just 10% of payments in stores are made in cash ~finance Article 233 words 26 votes
Norway's $1.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, on Tuesday reported losses of 2.1% in the third quarter, as all asset classes fell in value ~finance Article 10 votes
Europe's single currency, used daily by about 350 million people, has become a hot topic in an unlikely place – Sweden ~finance economics Article 77 words 12 votes
Rising long-term interest rates are posing the latest threat to a US economic ‘soft landing’ ~finance economics Article 1031 words 24 votes
America's obsession with weight-loss drugs is affecting the economy of Denmark – Novo Nordisk's market capitalization has matched the GDP of its home country ~finance economics business Article 17 votes
US Federal Reserve Board announces a consent order and a $268.5 million fine with UBS Group AG, of Zurich, Switzerland, for misconduct by Credit Suisse, which UBS subsequently acquired in June 2023 ~finance banking Article 221 words 11 votes
US Federal Reserve announces that its new system for instant payments, the FedNow Service, is now live ~finance Article 380 words 46 votes
How much have record corporate profits contributed to recent US inflation? ~finance economics business Article 321 words, published Jan 12 2023 41 votes
The Federal Reserve thinks catastrophe is coming for US businesses ~finance business economics Article 351 words 15 votes