THE BILLBOARDS still line the motorway from the airport to the Saudi capital. They promise a “new modern downtown” for Riyadh, to be dominated by a cube-shaped skyscraper meant to be the world’s most voluminous building. Developers pressed ahead despite warnings that the cube, known as the Mukaab, would collapse under its own weight. The … Read more
Feb. 8, 2026, 3:45 p.m. ET The creator economy is growing quickly, but it does have some problems. It is based on popular social media and video-sharing sites. Blockchain technology gives creators more control, transparency, and ways to make money than traditional finance did. This is especially true when they use exchanges like Kraken to … Read more
Sada News Economics Translation – On Thursday, the International Monetary Fund published a preliminary report on the Israeli economy, following a visit by a fund delegation to the country. According to the Hebrew economic newspaper Globes, as translated by Sada News Economics Section, the report presented a contradictory picture of the Israeli economy. The newspaper … Read more
SYDNEY—Australians are again bracing for rate pain, as an overheating economy forces the central bank to tighten the policy screws. The Reserve Bank of Australia raised rates at its first meeting of 2026. A yearslong drought of meaningful economic reform under successive governments has condemned Australia’s households to rapid-fire interest-rate increases whenever the economy even … Read more
A slim majority of Americans now say the economy is worse off under President Donald Trump than it was under former President Joe Biden, according to new national polling data. Newsweek contacted the White House for comment via email outside of regular working hours. A spokesman previously told Newsweek that Trump was delivering by “every … Read more