Fitch Ratings’ baseline is for investment in China to recover in 2026, but a sharp contraction in fixed-asset investment (FAI) in 2H25 underscores downside risks to this outlook, which could affect overall economic growth. Fitch’s expectation that China’s economic growth will slow to 4.1% in 2026 from 5% in 2025 assumes that the support from ...
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Jeffrey Ding is an assistant professor of political science at George Washington University. He is the author of Technology and the Rise of Great Powers, an award-winning book exploring the impact of technology on geopolitical competition, as well as the founder of the ChinAI newsletter, which tracks developments in China’s artificial intelligence (AI) industry.In this interview, Ding explains why “diffusion”, not innovation, will determine whether China or the US will prevail in the AI race,...
Both the data and Chair Powell’s robust defence of central bank independence indicate little prospect of a 28 January Fed rate cut. The key question is, can the President’s pick for Chair convince the rest of the committee that further action will be needed President’s pick overshadows Chair Powell Wednesday’s FOMC meeting is very likely ...
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To say a lot has already happened this year might be the understatement of the century. James Smith is wilting, unlike the global economy, which, against all odds, has held up remarkably well. Does this week’s drama change that? And surely next week will be calmer? Here’s what we expect The economy powers on. Economists, ...
I write to you from a sunny balcony in Davos under a blue sky. Meanwhile, a cacophony of helicopter blades whirr overhead. That contrast feels like an appropriate backdrop to this year’s World Economic Forum, because Davos 2026 is full of mixed messages. The official theme is the “Spirit of Dialogue.” Organisers emphasise the importance ...
Brady Snyder / Android Authority It’s no secret that the North American smartphone market is far smaller than the rest of the world. I have a drawer full of Android phones I’ve purchased or reviewed over the years, but they’re all made by the same handful of companies. Apple and Samsung dominate the US smartphone [...]
Apple plans to release new MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Mac Studio, and Studio Display models in the first half of this year, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. In his Power On newsletter today, Gurman added that redesigned MacBook Pro models with an OLED touch screen “should be hitting toward the end of 2026,” meaning that [...]
French skincare chain L and #39;Occitane Group is approaching the stock market again, hiring banks JP Morgan Chase and Co. and Morgan Stanley to evaluate a possible initial public offering (IPO) in the United States, according to sources cited by Bloomberg, modaes.com reports.