ABE NEWS | SEPTEMBER 18, 2026 This was the week when several assumptions underpinning the global economy became harder to defend. Investors who spent years waiting for cheaper money watched the Federal Reserve raise interest rates for the first time in more than three years. Japan pushed borrowing costs to their highest level…
ABE NEWS | September 15, 2026 For much of the past few years, the global economy has been waiting for relief. Inflation had retreated from its worst levels, businesses had adjusted to a world of higher interest rates, and investors were increasingly looking toward the moment when borrowing costs could finally begin moving lower….
ABE NEWS | September 14, 2026 For decades, Canada has enjoyed one of the most valuable economic relationships any country could ask for. Immediately to its south sits the world’s largest economy. Canadian oil, cars, lumber, minerals, machinery, electricity and countless other products could cross one of the world’s longest borders into an enormous American…
ABE NEWS | September 12, 2026 Saudi Arabia has spent decades preparing for a crisis in the Strait of Hormuz. The kingdom knew that concentrating so much of its oil-export infrastructure around one of the world’s narrowest and most politically sensitive waterways created an obvious vulnerability. If tankers could no longer move safely through…
ABE NEWS | September 7, 2026 Germany’s industrial production unexpectedly fell in July, delivering another reminder that Europe’s largest economy is still struggling to produce a convincing industrial recovery despite stronger government spending and recent signs of improvement in manufacturing demand. Production declined 1.1% from June after seasonal and calendar adjustments, according to Germany’s…
ABE NEWS | September 6, 2026 OPEC+ has decided to keep its oil-production policy unchanged for October, pausing further increases after months of gradually restoring supply while escalating tensions involving Iran continue to disrupt one of the world’s most important energy corridors. The decision was taken Sunday by the group of producers that has been…
SATURDAY ABE ORIGINALS | September 5, 2026 Somewhere in Africa today, a business owner is waiting for electricity. A farmer is trying to get produce to a city before it spoils. A shopkeeper cannot reliably restock inventory. A truck is travelling hundreds of kilometres with empty space. A family is trying to find an…
ABE NEWS | September 5, 2026 The war between the United States and Iran has entered another dangerous phase. U.S. forces struck three Iranian crude-oil tankers on Saturday after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired ballistic missiles toward two U.S. Navy warships, according to U.S. Central Command. The American vessels — an aircraft carrier…
ABE NEWS | September 3, 2026 America has spent the past several years racing to build the physical infrastructure required for artificial intelligence. Now communities are beginning to ask a different question: Who is paying for it? Across the United States, enormous AI data centres are colliding with growing concerns over electricity prices, water…
ABE NEWS | September 1, 2026 Russia’s oil industry — one of the financial engines that has powered the country for decades and helped Moscow sustain more than four years of war in Ukraine — is facing mounting pressure. A Russian government draft economic forecast reviewed by Reuters has cut the country’s expected 2026…
