The decision had been anticipated by the market. Lagarde at a press conference: “Inflation, particularly on food prices, is lower than we expected. But it will be more persistent than we thought: we expect an average of 3 per cent in 2026 and 2.5 per cent in 2027. Gas prices? They could be higher than market expectations.”

A major investment round has been finalised: the company’s value has doubled in a year. But Zucman is confident that his wealth tax, which slows down innovation, will be adopted after the next presidential election in 2027. Aghion’s compromise proposal

The Prime Minister risks failing to regain an absolute majority despite the excellent economic results. There is a growing risk that his party will win, but without him.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Machado contests the illegality of the agreement on the Venezuelan people’s resources, signed by Maduro’s former second-in-command. Harvard professor Ricardo Hausmann accuses Rubio following all the broken promises

Marcelli Fabiani (Oxford Economics): “Weak global demand and US LNG should prevent extreme price spikes”. Tabarelli (Nomisma Energia): “The only consolation is that we have already been hardened by the 2022/23 crisis. €73/MWh for gas and just over 200 for the PUN are still a long way from the peaks seen back then.”

Trump promises to replenish strategic reserves with crude oil from the Orinoco, but it is too heavy and high in sulphur for American refineries: it would be unusable and would damage the storage caverns 

On the 65 months of high inflation, he takes the blame on behalf of the Fed. And regarding US government bonds, he calls for them to reflect what investors think about inflation and public finances, without ad hoc interventions 

The former minister in the Monti government: “Frankly, the fact that the Institute is managing the funds leaves me very perplexed. The idea is a good one, but if it is poorly presented and even more poorly implemented, it becomes counterproductive to encouraging people to save.”

Bo Becker (Stockholm School of Economics): “If a billion-dollar company has an idea that could make it worth a hundred times as much, it is much easier to realise that idea in the United States, because capital is cheaper there. And much of that American capital comes from pension funds. This is something that is decided on a country-by-country basis; Brussels cannot dictate it.”

As the crisis with Canada escalates, the US Treasury is targeting intermediaries and currency exchange firms that funnel billions of dollars to the Pasdaran. But the Russian case and alternative channels highlight the limitations of sanctions