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Getting started

Foundations for following global economic news

How GDP is compared across countries

Why comparing growth figures between economies is more complicated than lining up two percentages.

What central banks are actually trying to balance

A plain-language look at the trade-offs behind interest rate decisions.

Reading exchange rate movements

What makes one currency strengthen against another, and why it matters beyond travel money.

Going deeper

Briefings on trade, policy and markets

Understanding trade balances

What a trade surplus or deficit actually measures, and why the headline number is often misread.

How tariffs affect prices

A step-by-step look at how a tariff moves through supply chains before it reaches a shop shelf.

Reading market sentiment indicators

Why markets often move ahead of the economic data they seem to be reacting to.

Sovereign debt, explained

How government borrowing across countries is measured and compared, and where those comparisons break down.

Global supply chains, briefly

Why a disruption in one region can affect prices and availability on the other side of the world.

Business cycles across regions

Why different economies can be in different phases of the cycle at the same time, and what that means.

Quick reference

A short checklist for reading global economic news critically

Use this as a starting prompt, not a complete answer — every story has details a general checklist can't capture.

A reminder

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