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Iran war has exposed the weakness of the dollar: America’s weapon is cracking
LONDON (Realist English). The standoff in the Strait of Hormuz, writes the Financial Times, may become the moment when one of...
Federal Reserve pauses rate cuts as growth outlook improves and political pressure mounts
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The Federal Reserve on Wednesday halted its recent run of interest rate cuts, choosing to keep monetary...
Federal Reserve delivers rate cut, signals more easing ahead amid labor market weakness
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point on Wednesday and indicated...
Senate confirms Trump nominee Stephen Miran to Federal Reserve Board
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve Board...
Fed rate cuts test durability of record $7.6tn in money market funds
NEW YORK (Realist English). Investors who have benefitted from higher yields on cash parked in money market funds and high-yield...
Trump narrows Fed chair shortlist to Hassett and Warsh
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Donald Trump has confirmed that Kevin Hassett and Kevin Warsh are the leading candidates to succeed Federal...
Trump Treasury chief calls for sweeping review of Federal Reserve as pressure mounts on Powell
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has called for a comprehensive review of the Federal Reserve, intensifying the...
Powell defends Fed headquarters renovation amid Trump-era criticism
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has formally responded to allegations from Russell Vought, a senior official in...
Federal Reserve lowers 2025 growth forecast as Trump-era tariffs cloud rate cut outlook
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The Federal Reserve on Wednesday downgraded its outlook for the U.S. economy in 2025, signaling heightened uncertainty...
Sheaito Moussallam: Iran is the main obstacle to Greater Israel
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
Maria Nikiforova: Young people of the liberated territories are waiting for peace and justice
MOSCOW (Realist English). Maria Nikiforova, an expert on youth policy at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian...
155 billionaires vs. 150 million people: Zyuganov on the social catastrophe in Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov presented the pre-election program "Victory...
Is Iran’s survival not a victory? Tehran under US and Israeli pressure
TEL AVIV (Realist English). For decades, Iran defined victory in expansive terms: exporting revolution, rolling back US influence, and ultimately eliminating...
UAE boosts production bypassing OPEC, but oil prices rise
MOSCOW (Realist English). Leading researcher at IMEMO RAS, Candidate of Historical Sciences Stanislav Ivanov has analysed for Realist English the possible consequences of...
Kurdish Genocide: From the Ottoman Empire to Erdoğan — a Chronicle of a Century of Terror
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Crimes against the Kurdish people have not been isolated episodes but have been carried out by successive Turkish...
Will Trump and Xi Agree on a New World Order?
BEIJING (Realist English). Relations between the United States and China in May 2026 can best be described as an “armed...
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