United States
How decisions made in one place reach United States, and how United States's own decisions travel.
America taxed sending money home. The money kept coming.
A tax meant to slow transfers arrived alongside record ones. What happened, and who ends up paying.
The Fed's pause buys emerging markets weeks, not relief
The Federal Reserve held rates on 28 October 2026 but signalled more tightening, and the narrowing rate gap is already squeezing India, Mexico and Indonesia.
De minimis explained: how the US closed its duty-free parcel lane
For nearly a decade, parcels worth up to $800 entered the United States without duty. In 2025 Washington switched that off, and postal networks, online sellers and other governments are still adjusting.
Why a quarter-point Japanese rate rise shook world markets in 2024
For years investors borrowed cheap yen to buy higher-yielding assets abroad. When the Bank of Japan nudged rates up in July 2024, many of those bets were unwound at once.
The US remittance tax charges 1% on cash, and nothing on cards
Since 1 January 2026, people who send money abroad from the United States with cash or money orders pay a 1% federal tax. Transfers from bank accounts and US cards pay nothing.
Strategic oil reserves explained, and why China holds the largest
Emergency oil stocks were built to survive a supply cut. In 2026 the world is using them, and China's are now the largest.