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Vol. I · No. 169
Thursday, 18 June 2026
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2026 — ECONOMY · 122 articles← Back to archive
  1. 12 JunThe copper squeeze: AI, electrification, and a decade of mines the world isn't buildingeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · Global · 7 mineconomy
  2. 10 JunFraud-Ridden Consumer Research Faces an AI Disruption From an Unlikely Cornereconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 5 mineconomy
  3. 09 JunBlackRock's CPI Warning Meets a Live War: The Energy-Inflation Feedback Loop Investors Can't Ignoreeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 5 mineconomy
  4. 09 JunBangladesh's Power Glut and the AI Hiring Reversal: Two Faces of a Capacity Mismatcheconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · asia · 7 mineconomy
  5. 09 JunJapan's $480bn cash pile, China's solar glut: two faces of Asia's capital misallocationeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · asia · 6 mineconomy
  6. 08 JunJapan's $480bn Cash Pile and China's Solar Bloodbath: Two Faces of the Same Gluteconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · asia · 6 mineconomy
  7. 08 JunChina's solar panel makers are losing money on every panel they ship — and that's the pointeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · asia · 6 mineconomy
  8. 08 JunArsenal plant fire in St. Petersburg exposes the limits of sanctions pressure on Russia's defence baseeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 5 mineconomy
  9. 08 JunThe pitchforks are here: a billionaire and an entrepreneur agree the middle class is dying — and almost nothing elseeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · Global · 9 mineconomy
  10. 07 JunBennett's sovereignty test: the economic cost of the choice he nameseconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 mineconomy
  11. 07 JunKorea's K-content re-entry into China meets a noisy week at homeeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · Asia · 6 mineconomy
  12. 06 JunUS weighs redirecting Iranian frozen assets to fund Gulf reconstructioneconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 mineconomy
  13. 06 JunBessent directs Treasury team to unlock Iranian assets for Gulf rebuildingeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 7 mineconomy
  14. 06 JunBitcoin's $60,000 line: short squeeze versus macro gravityeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 6 mineconomy
  15. 05 JunUS House backs $8 billion in loans to Kyiv as Manila confronts stubborn 6.8% inflationeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 6 mineconomy
  16. 04 JunUS Treasury Names Cuba's Díaz-Canel and Castro Family to Sanctions Listeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 7 mineconomy
  17. 04 JunHezbollah denies Marjayoun UNIFIL strike as Israeli army admits rising northern-front woundedeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 7 mineconomy
  18. 04 JunKim Jong-un calls for 'exponential' growth in North Korea's weapons-grade uranium capacityeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · asia · 6 mineconomy
  19. 03 JunBessent's three-track day: Bitcoin reserve, $200 gas bills, and a Pulte hearingeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · North America · 7 mineconomy
  20. 03 JunAlibaba opens Qwen to external agents as China's AI platform race intensifieseconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · Asia · 6 mineconomy
  21. 03 JunIran's Kuwait strike meets Japan's tenth year of fertility declineeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Asia · 6 mineconomy
  22. 02 JunFlorida Sues OpenAI and Altman Over Safety Concerns as New Frontier Model Release Loomseconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · USA · 4 mineconomy
  23. 02 JunNvidia's CPU Gambit: Jensen Huang Bets the Company on Ending Intel's Dominanceeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 4 mineconomy
  24. 31 MayDenmark's PM Admits Post-Cold War Defense Cuts Were a Mistake — and Europe Is Listeningeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 6 mineconomy
  25. 31 MayTreasury's $250 Bill Proposal Tests the Limits of Economic Symbolismeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 2 mineconomy
  26. 31 MayTrump's 250th Anniversary Concert Gambit and the Economics of Cultural Patronageeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 3 mineconomy
  27. 30 MayTrump Currency Proposal Overshadows Iran Crypto Seizure as Treasury Makes Billion-Dollar Claimeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 4 mineconomy
  28. 29 MayPoland-Ukraine Relations Tested as Wałęsa Quits Symbol and Russia Strikes Loomeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 5 mineconomy
  29. 29 MayTrump Treasury Launches Financial Platform as Iran Ceasefire Extension Awaits Presidential Sign-Offeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 mineconomy
  30. 29 MayTreasury Confirms Trump Portrait Bill While Iran Talks Stalleconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas,mena · 6 mineconomy
  31. 28 MayInside Washington's Push for a Trump-Printed $250 Billeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 4 mineconomy
  32. 28 MayBessant's Hormuz ultimatum: Treasury Secretary links any Iran sanctions relief to Strait reopening and enriched material handoffeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 5 mineconomy
  33. 28 MayUS Treasury Warns Oman Against Facilitating Strait of Hormuz Tollseconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · Gulf · 4 mineconomy
  34. 28 MayRussia Warns Kyiv Diplomats to Evacuate as Moscow Signals Large-Scale Strike on Capitaleconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 4 mineconomy
  35. 28 MayUS reimposes sanctions on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albaneseeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 4 mineconomy
  36. 28 MayUS Treasury Blacklists New Iranian Body Managing Gulf Waterway Accesseconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 mineconomy
  37. 27 MayNvidia's Taiwan Bet: How One Company's $150 Billion Pledge Rewrites the Rules of AI Geopoliticseconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · east_asia · 6 mineconomy
  38. 27 MayBeijing's Industrial Revival Tests the Limits of Western Containmenteconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · china | global · 8 mineconomy
  39. 27 MayThe Czech Ammunition Coalition That Refuels Europe’s Ukraine Dilemmaeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 5 mineconomy
  40. 27 MayEuropean Firms Revive China Bets as Confidence Rebounds — and Brussels Struggles to Keep Upeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · asia · 5 mineconomy
  41. 26 MayChina's Aviation Sector Pivots to Maintenance as Fleet Growth Coolseconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · asia · 5 mineconomy
  42. 25 MayIndia's Fuel Squeeze and the Capital That Flees While Energy Costs Biteeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · south-asia · 4 mineconomy
  43. 25 MayIndia's Capital Exodus: The Billionaire Bet on the World While Growth Stalls at Homeeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · south-asia · 5 mineconomy
  44. 24 MayFive NATO Members Block Rutte's Mandatory Ukraine Aid Plan as Alliance Fractures Over Burden-Sharingeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 6 mineconomy
  45. 24 MayRussia Deploys Oreshnik, Iskander, Kinzhal and Zircon in Mass Retaliatory Strike on Ukraineeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 5 mineconomy
  46. 23 MayPolymarket's Japan Ambition Meets a $700,000 Reality Checkeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 6 mineconomy
  47. 22 MayJapan's twin transformation: banking reform and the productivity questioneconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · east-asia · 4 mineconomy
  48. 21 MayBloomberg Warns Strait of Hormuz Closure Could Trigger 2008-Style Recessioneconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 6 mineconomy
  49. 20 MayMoscow and Beijing Sign Multipolar World Declaration as Putin, Peng Reunion Caps Summit Weekeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · russia-china · 7 mineconomy
  50. 20 MaySeoul's Economic Fault Lines: Starbucks Boycott and Samsung Strike Expose Shifting Korean Consumer Powereconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · east-asia · 5 mineconomy
  51. 19 MayKhamenei Frames Iran's 'Third Sacred Defense' as Proof of Great-Power Statuseconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 mineconomy
  52. 18 MayChina's Consumption Problem Deepens as Export Controls Reshape Battery Supply Chainseconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · east-asia · 6 mineconomy
  53. 12 MayUS Jobs Miss Forecasts as China Export Surge Reshapes Global Trade Calculuseconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 6 mineconomy
  54. 11 MayAmerican Jobs, Chinese Exports: Divergent Signals Define a Shifting Global Economyeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 6 mineconomy
  55. 10 MayUS Jobs Cool While China's Exports Surge: Two Economies, Diverging Fortuneseconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · ASIA-PACIFIC · 5 mineconomy
  56. 08 MayBitMine's Ethereum Treasury Pivot Hints at Maturing Corporate Crypto Strategyeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 4 mineconomy
  57. 08 MayTreasury's Binance Letter Exposes the Fracture Line Between Crypto's Borderless Ambition and Dollar-System Complianceeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 6 mineconomy
  58. 07 MayCuba's Nickel and the Art of Pressure: How a Mining Operation Became Leverage in US-China Talkseconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas-asia · 5 mineconomy
  59. 07 MayPyongyang's Nuclear Firewall: North Korea Rejects the Non-Proliferation Treaty — Againeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · east-asia · 5 mineconomy
  60. 07 MayIran's Multipolar Gambit: How Tehran Is Redefining the Rules of Its Own Isolationeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 4 mineconomy
  61. 04 MayIRGC Declares Hormuz Control Zone in Direct Rebuke to Trump Administrationeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 5 mineconomy
  62. 30 AprJapan's Power Giant Joins the Fray: How the Iran War Is Rewriting Corporate Asia's Risk Calculuseconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · asia · 6 mineconomy
  63. 29 AprJERA's Earnings Freeze Exposes the Invisible Cost of Middle East Instability on Global Energy Planningeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · asia-middle-east · 6 mineconomy
  64. 28 AprJERA's Earnings Freeze Shows How Middle East Conflict Shatters Energy Planning Assumptionseconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · asia-pacific · 6 mineconomy
  65. 27 AprJapan's Largest Power Producer Halts Earnings Forecast as Iran Conflict Disrupts Energy Planningeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Asia / Middle East · 5 mineconomy
  66. 26 AprDeadly Bus Explosion Highlights Ukraine's Ongoing Terror Threat Landscapeeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 5 mineconomy
  67. 25 AprGhana Exits the IMF Programme: Can Fiscal Discipline Survive Without Washington's Oversight?economy · Yaw Boateng · Ghana · 6 mineconomy
  68. 25 AprAfrica Middle Class Expands Toward 350 Million by 2030 as Consumer Spending Nears $2.5 Trillioneconomy · Wanjiku Gichuru · Africa · 5 mineconomy
  69. 25 AprAfrica Critical Minerals and the Global EV Battery Race: US-China Competition Intensifieseconomy · Zawadi Mwangi · Africa · 5 mineconomy
  70. 25 AprNaira Stabilises at 1,350 Per Dollar as CBN Reforms Deliver Sustained Forex Market Convergenceeconomy · Fatima Bello · Nigeria · 5 mineconomy
  71. 25 AprGhana's IMF Programme Completes: Was the $3 Billion Bailout Worth the Pain?economy · Lerato Phiri · Ghana · 7 mineconomy
  72. 25 AprNigeria's Agricultural Revolution: How Fertiliser Subsidies and mechanised Farming Are Reshaping the Sectoreconomy · Kwame Asante · Nigeria · 6 mineconomy
  73. 25 AprAfrica Free Trade Corridors: Lobito Corridor $1.7 Billion Investment and TAZARA Revival Transform Continental Logisticseconomy · Chidi Anyaegbu · Africa · 5 mineconomy
  74. 25 AprRuto's IMF Program Review: Kenya's Fiscal Tightrope Between Growth and Survivaleconomy · Wanjiku Gichuru · Kenya · 7 mineconomy
  75. 25 AprThe Pula Under Pressure: How Botswana's Currency Navigates Global Headwindseconomy · Grace Mutua · Botswana · 7 mineconomy
  76. 25 AprGuinea Bauxite Export Record of 98 Million Tonnes Masks Deepening Environmental Crisiseconomy · Thabo Molefe · Africa · 5 mineconomy
  77. 25 AprEnd of Loadshedding: Eskom Recovery Plan Stabilizes South Africa Power Supplyeconomy · Yaw Boateng · Africa · 5 mineconomy
  78. 25 AprBotswana Beef Exports: From the Kalahari to Global Markets, Cattle Economy Evolveseconomy · Segun Adeyemi · Botswana · 6 mineconomy
  79. 25 AprEast African Community Integration Deepens as Trade Surges 40 Percent and DRC Somalia Joineconomy · Lerato Phiri · Africa · 5 mineconomy
  80. 25 AprGhana's Cocoa Sector at a Crossroads: Swollen Shoot Disease, Climate Shocks, and the Path to Recoveryeconomy · Nomvula Dlamini · Ghana · 8 mineconomy
  81. 25 AprBotswana Diamond Decline: Debswana Output Down 18 Percent as Lab-Grown Disruption Intensifieseconomy · Chidi Anyaegbu · Africa · 5 mineconomy
  82. 25 AprNigeria Grid Collapses Five Times in 2026 as Power Sector Crisis Deepenseconomy · Ibrahim Musa · Africa · 6 mineconomy
  83. 25 AprDangote Industries Expands Empire: $18 Billion Revenue as Petrochemical and Cement Operations Scale Across Africaeconomy · Yaw Boateng · Africa · 5 mineconomy
  84. 25 AprBotswana's Pula Holds Steady as $7.2 Billion Reserves Shield Economy from Diamond Market Volatilityeconomy · Amina Okonkwo · Botswana · 5 mineconomy
  85. 25 AprThe Cedi Stabilises: Ghana's Currency Finds Its Footing After Years of Crisiseconomy · Kwame Asante · Ghana · 6 mineconomy
  86. 25 AprThe Naira Holds Steady: How Cardoso's CBN Is Defying the Skepticseconomy · Kofi Mensah · Nigeria · 6 mineconomy
  87. 25 AprCongo Cobalt Child Labor Audit Reveals Persistent Gap Between Policy and Practiceeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Africa · 5 mineconomy
  88. 25 AprDebswana Diamond Revenue Falls 18% as Botswana Confronts Economic Diversification Urgencyeconomy · Thabo Molefe · Botswana · 5 mineconomy
  89. 25 AprGhana's Galamsey Crisis: The Human Cost of Illegal Gold Mining and the Struggle for a Solutioneconomy · Grace Mutua · Ghana · 7 mineconomy
  90. 25 AprRuto's Bottom-Up Economics: Kenya's Bold Gamble on the Informal Sector Pays Dividendseconomy · Ibrahim Musa · Kenya · 6 mineconomy
  91. 23 AprWhite House Claims China Waged Industrial-Scale Theft of U.S. AI Modelseconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · north_america · 5 mineconomy
  92. 23 AprWhite House Alleges 'Industrial-Scale' Chinese AI Theft, Complicating US-China Tech Tensionseconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · americas · 4 mineconomy
  93. 23 AprHonda's Korea Exit Tests the Limits of Japan's Auto Presence in East Asiaeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · east-asia · 4 mineconomy
  94. 23 AprSouth Korea's Q1 Rebound Shows How Tightly Its Fate Is Bound to the Chip Cycleeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · asia · 4 mineconomy
  95. 22 AprBitcoin Breaks Key Level as Inflation Pressures Mounteconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · Europe · 3 mineconomy
  96. 22 AprBessent's Oil Math: How Sanctions Relief and an Iran Ceasefire Could Reshape Energy Marketseconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · United States · 7 mineconomy
  97. 22 AprKevin Warsh Calls for 'Regime Change' at the Fed — But Markets Don't Buy an Immediate Rate Cuteconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 5 mineconomy
  98. 22 AprThe Price of Swagger: What the IRGC's Anniversary Statements Reveal About Iran's Economic Bindeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 7 mineconomy
  99. 22 AprWarren presses Warsh on Epstein ties and Trump loyalty at confirmation hearingeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · north_america · 4 mineconomy
  100. 21 AprBoJ Holds as Iran Signals Energy Disruption Riskeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 5 mineconomy
  101. 21 AprKevin Warsh's Confirmation Hearing Puts Fed Independence in the Hot Seateconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · north-america · 4 mineconomy
  102. 21 AprUS Treasury Rolls Fresh Iran Sanctions Package as Diplomatic Silence Deepenseconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 mineconomy
  103. 21 AprIran's Parliament Speaker Uses MAGA Slogan to Frame U.S. as Warmonger in Social Media Posteconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 6 mineconomy
  104. 21 AprCeasefire Clock, Tariff Tape, and the Iran Probability: Three Deadlines Converge on Wednesdayeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · US · 5 mineconomy
  105. 21 AprAsia's Solar Surge Rewrites the Rules of the Global Energy Ordereconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · asia · 4 mineconomy
  106. 20 AprAsia's clean energy surge reshapes global fossil-fuel demand as solar eclipses growtheconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 4 mineconomy
  107. 20 AprIran Moves to Monetize Decades-Old War Damage as Oil Revenues Climbeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 mineconomy
  108. 20 AprIran Authorises Sale of War-Damaged State Assets in Sign of Fiscal Straineconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · MENA · 5 mineconomy
  109. 19 AprU.S. Navy Seizes Iranian Cargo Vessel in Gulf of Oman; Tehran Vows Retaliationeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 5 mineconomy
  110. 19 AprU.S. Navy Intercepts Iranian Cargo Vessel TOUSKA in Gulf of Omaneconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 6 mineconomy
  111. 19 AprHiPP Recall Tests the Fault Line Between Manufacturing Defect and Deliberate Contaminationeconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · Austria / Germany / European consumer markets · 5 mineconomy
  112. 19 AprIran's IRGC Says Missile Modernization Accelerating During Ceasefire Windoweconomy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 mineconomy
  113. 18 AprFrom Karachaganak to CITIC: Kazakhstan's Gas Sector Realignment and the Accelerating Fracture of Western Resource Hegemonyeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Central Asia / Global · 9 mineconomy
  114. 18 AprPerfectly Timed Billions: The Iran War Prediction Market Scandal and the Structural Conditions That Made It Possibleeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global / United States · 8 mineconomy
  115. 18 AprBond Vigilantes and the Welfare State: Rachel Reeves Confronts the Structural Contradiction of UK Fiscal Politicseconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Europe / United Kingdom · 9 mineconomy
  116. 18 AprFrom the Strait to the Pump: How the Hormuz Oil Shock Is Transmitting Through UK Consumer Priceseconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Europe / Middle East · 8 mineconomy
  117. 18 AprThe Twilight Zone Convenes: IMF Spring Meetings Confront the Worst Energy Shock Since the 1970seconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global · 8 mineconomy
  118. 18 AprBond Vigilantes and the Deficit Myth: Why Rachel Reeves Faces a False Choiceeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · United Kingdom / Global · 8 mineconomy
  119. 18 AprPaulson's Warning and the Dollar's Slow Abdication: When the Ex-Treasury Chief Fears the Bond Marketeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · United States / Global · 9 mineconomy
  120. 18 AprThe IMF in the Twilight Zone: Energy Shock, Conditionality, and Who Pays the Price of Crisiseconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global / Washington DC · 9 mineconomy
  121. 18 AprKlingbeil's Reckoning: Germany's Energy Dependency, Supply-Chain Decoupling, and the Return of Industrial Policy in Europeeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Europe / Germany · 8 mineconomy
  122. 18 AprAid Cuts in a Shock Economy: How the Global North Is Externalising the Cost of a War It Startedeconomy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Global / Global South · 9 mineconomy