economy

The rest of the economy looks strong on paper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The UK government said that over its expected 11-year lifespan, Jackdaw would support the UK's gas supply, protect jobs and add £2.9bn to the economy.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

The growth outlook has weakened, with the economy now forecast to expand by 1.2 percent in 2026, down from the 1.6 percent projected in February.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

BlackRock Chief Executive Larry Fink doubled down on the importance of building data centers to the health of the U.S. economy, saying not pushing ahead could be inflationary.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

The forager economy provided most people with more interesting lives than agriculture or industry do.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

The phrase isn’t as well known as “the economies of scale,” but it should be.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Most eurozone economies are in better shape than in 2010 and are less reliant on foreign funding, reducing the likelihood of severe contagion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

That applies to France as well as the economies that were at the sharp end of the last crisis, with the exception of Greece.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

This is reflected most clearly in the sharply rising interest rate costs for the world's advanced economies.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Mixed economies that added certain crops or livestock to hunting-gathering also competed against both types of “pure” economies, and against mixed economies with higher or lower proportions of food production.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond