ABE NEWS | OCTOBER 1, 2026 For most people, the artificial-intelligence boom exists on a screen. It is ChatGPT answering a question. Claude writing code. An image appearing from a prompt. A company announcing another AI assistant. But behind those digital products, something much more physical is happening. Factories are getting busier. Manufacturers across parts…
The Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan have raised interest rates as persistent inflation and energy pressures reshape the global outlook for borrowing costs, markets and the world economy.
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….
SATURDAY ABE ORIGINALS | September 12, 2026 For much of the past forty years, one idea quietly shaped the way the global economy was built: waste is bad. Factories should not hold more inventory than necessary. Companies should buy components wherever they can be produced most cheaply. Ships should follow the shortest and most…
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 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…
ABE NEWS | September 6, 2026 China is moving to strengthen some of the most important institutions in its financial system through a coordinated $54 billion capital-raising programme, giving major state-owned banks and insurers additional financial firepower as Beijing tries to support an economy facing weaker investment, subdued borrowing demand and pressure on financial-sector profitability….
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 1, 2026 Two enormous oil tankers carrying millions of barrels of Saudi crude have been struck by unknown projectiles while attempting to leave the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, marking another dangerous escalation around the waterway that sits at the centre of the world’s energy system. The attacks…
ABE NEWS | August 31, 2026 India has opened its new financial year with another powerful economic performance, expanding 7.8% year-on-year during the April–June quarter and beating expectations as investment, manufacturing, financial services and domestic demand helped the world’s most populous country maintain growth that most major economies can only envy. The result exceeded…
