25 June 2025 China Macro Tracker Economics Domestic consumption becoming brighter Middle East tensions: Assessing the potential of oil price shocks on China The global price of Brent crude oil spiked on the back of increased tensions in the Middle East, but has since declined (under USD70/b). While there is still a risk of oil price volatility, our Oil team expects oil prices to settle back down to USD65/b by Q4 if de-escalation is sustained as a base case (see Oil market flash, 23 June). 18% of China's ene ...

Global Research ab 27 June 2025 China Banks Expert call takeaways: Implications of rising stablecoins Stablecoins gain traction, leading to increasing legislative efforts Recently, stablecoins have garnered great attention, as several jurisdictions (incl. Hong Kong, US, UK, EU etc.) actively work to implement stablecoin regulations. We spoke with an expert, a former senior banker with 25+ years of SOE bank experience, to discuss drivers behind stablecoins' proliferation, regulatory changes, as well as the i ...

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this is a win and putting a limit on these nationwide injunctions. What I've seen does look like a victory for the Trump administration. It is just the idea of this uh power of the executive branch that really is an issue here.This is the ballgame for President Trump's agenda because we know more than any modern president, he loves to govern through executive action. The big news coming in there. Now, President Trump has faced many court losses and setbacks among judges, district court judges, appeals court ...

It takes weeks of haggling by ministers and their diplomatic underlings to craft the European Union’s “conclusions”. Autocrats from China, Russia, Turkey and beyond are too often able to run rings around them https://t.co/iefPRkyuxQ ...

And joining me now is Republican Congressman from Ohio, Mike Turner. Thank you so much, Congressman, for being here. I want to get to you on Iran and the latest assessment of the US strikes there.But first, I want to go to you, of course, on the news that's playing out on Capitol Hill. The Senate is voting on amendments to their version of the one big beautiful bill. Where do you stand on that bill.And do you feel comfortable supporting the Senate version of this bill. Well, Misha, I appreciate that. Thank ...

On the heels of its blockbuster IPO, stablecoin issuer Circle said it is seeking to create a national trust bank in the US https://t.co/quXVslCcA2 ...

Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Yamish Shaendor in Washington, where the president and Republican congressional leaders are hoping to jam through his legislative agenda by July 4th, despite divisions in their party and the threat of political backlash. All day, the Senate has been engaged in what was called a voter as it considers changes to the legislation as part of a marathon session that could go late into the night before a final vote on the bill.And here's a reminder of what's in this massive packa ...

The administration today formally accused Harvard of violating civil rights laws by not doing enough to fight anti-semitism. We know that the president has tal talked to us before about um Harvard potentially having a deal with administration in the coming days. Do you have an updated timeline for that.How's the negotiations going. And is more pressure needed for Harvard to take fighting anti-semitism seriously. Well, there was um quite a direct letter that was sent to Harvard this morning as you know.um th ...