Is the US economy really slowing, and if so, why? Is the Eurozone economy ready to rebound? Why is inflation falling when everyone feared it would continue to rise? And will it continue to decline quickly or slowly? Why are interest rates rising even though inflation is no longer a concern? Will the price of oil go up or down after being on the rollercoaster of news? Why did the dollar strengthen? Why is the yen weakening? Are stock markets at their peak? Are Gold and Bitcoin No Longer Safe Havens? The barrage of questions surrounding the economic situation is relentless, questions that arise from ever-new puzzles posed by the ever-increasing flow of news and data from statistics, markets, military fronts, and political tensions.
Le Economy hands They take on the sometimes intricate task of answering those questions by solving some of the puzzles. The Economic Hands is a monthly column analyzing short-term economic trends, framed within long-term dynamics (the famous megatrends). They have been curated for over a third of a century by Fabrizio Galimberti and Luca Paolazzi and they come out around the middle of the month only on FIRSTonlineThe July 2026 edition will be available on the website starting tomorrow. We hope you enjoy reading this article and would also like to inform you that Le Lancette will also be on holiday in August (though the editors will remain alert and ready to intervene in the event of any major developments); they will return in September.
