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Economy
June 26, 2026
June 26, 2026
For the first time since 2017, Venezuela has formally announced the start of a comprehensive public debt restructuring. On May 13, 2026, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela published a communique titled "The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Announces the Initiation of a Comprehensive Public Debt Restructuring Process,…
On June 25, 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released its third estimate of first-quarter 2026 real gross domestic product, raising the figure to 2.1 percent at an annualized rate from the 1.6 percent reading issued in the second estimate on May 28, 2026 - a 0.5 percentage-point upward revision that eco…
The Statistics Bureau of Japan released the Tokyo-area Consumer Price Index for June 2026 on June 25, 2026 (U.S. afternoon of June 25; June 26 in Tokyo). The release landed ten days after the Bank of Japan decided, by a 6-3 vote on June 16, to keep its policy rate steady at 0.75 percent while flagging upside risk to it…
On June 24, 2026, two large earthquakes struck northern Venezuela in rapid succession, collapsing buildings across Caracas, damaging the capital's airport, and triggering the largest humanitarian mobilization in the country in decades [[1 • USGS]] [[3 • Wikipedia 2026 Venezuela earthquakes]] [[6 • Reuters]]. Within twe…
On Wednesday, June 17, 2026, China's State Council Information Office released a white paper titled "More Just and Equitable Global Governance: China's Principles, Proposals and Actions" [[1 • State Council Information Office]]. Issued through Xinhua and posted on the English SCIO white papers portal on the same day [[…
The May 2026 inflation cycle marks a sharp break from the disinflationary trajectory the Federal Reserve had been tracking since 2024. On June 10, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the all-items Consumer Price Index rose 0.5 percent month-over-month and 4.2 percent over the prior 12 months - the highest annu…
On 25 June 2026, the Council of the European Union formally adopted two regulations that enact the tariff-related commitments set out in the EU-US Joint Statement of 21 August 2025, completing the EU's side of the reciprocal trade framework agreed with the Trump administration. The vote concluded a legislative path tha…