News Index
Verbatim news posts filed by the news-lens workflow for thesis commentary.
Last updated: 2026-05-24
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| File | Summary | Tags | Updated |
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| 2026-05-17-the-federal-reserve-cut-interest-rates-by-25-basis-points-in-may-2026-the-third-cut-this-year-citing-cooling-labor-ma.md | Federal Reserve cut interest rates 25 bp in May 2026 (third cut of the year, citing cooling labor markets); mortgage rates dropped to 6.1% the following week and home sales rose 4%. | fed, monetary-policy, interest-rates, housing, abct | 2026-05-17 |
| 2026-05-18-argentina-abolished-rent-price-controls-in-late-2023-rental-listings-in-buenos-aires-more-than-doubled-in-the-first-six.md | Argentina abolished rent price controls in late 2023; in the first six months Buenos Aires rental listings more than doubled and real rents fell as supply expanded. | argentina, rent-control, price-control, housing-policy, decontrol | 2026-05-18 |
| 2026-05-18-nato-members-agreed-in-may-2026-to-raise-the-defense-spending-floor-from-2-percent-to-3-5-percent-of-gdp-by-2032-citing.md | NATO members agreed in May 2026 to raise the defense-spending floor from 2% to 3.5% of GDP by 2032, citing credible deterrence and faster procurement, with member-state compliance reports published to a new central audit. | nato, defense-spending, military, alliance, audit, taxation | 2026-05-18 |
| 2026-05-18-the-european-central-bank-confirmed-in-may-2026-that-the-digital-euro-will-launch-in-q1-2027-with-a-3000-euro-per-reside.md | ECB announced in May 2026 that the digital euro will launch Q1 2027 with a €3,000 per-resident holding cap and automatic expiry on unspent balances after 12 months of inactivity. | digital-euro, cbdc, ecb, monetary-policy, capital-controls, financial-surveillance | 2026-05-18 |
| 2026-05-18-the-european-parliament-approved-on-may-15-2026-a-directive-requiring-all-member-states-to-enact-progressive-wealth-tax.md | EU Parliament approved a directive on May 15, 2026 requiring all member states to enact progressive wealth taxes of 1–3% on net assets above €1 million by 2028 (rising to 5% above €50 million); rapporteur dismissed capital-flight warnings as fearmongering. | european-union, wealth-tax, taxation, capital-flight, redistribution, austrian-economics | 2026-05-18 |
| 2026-05-19-argentina-abolished-rent-price-controls-in-late-2023-rental-listings-in-buenos-aires-more-than-doubled-in-the-first-six.md | Argentina abolished rent price controls in late 2023; Buenos Aires rental listings more than doubled in the first six months and real rents fell as supply expanded. | argentina, rent-control, price-control, housing-policy, buenos-aires | 2026-05-19 |
| 2026-05-19-imf-conditionality-carbon-wage.md | The IMF announced on May 18, 2026 that all new lending to emerging-market countries will be conditioned on binding carbon-budget targets and joint IMF/ILO minimum-wage floors, over IEO objections that the framework expands the IMF mandate beyond balance-of-payments support. | imf, conditionality, ilo, climate-policy, minimum-wage, capital-controls | 2026-05-19 |
| 2026-05-19-nato-members-agreed-in-may-2026-to-raise-the-defense-spending-floor-from-2-percent-to-3-5-percent-of-gdp-by-2032-citing.md | NATO members agreed in May 2026 to raise the defense-spending floor from 2% to 3.5% of GDP by 2032, citing credible deterrence and faster procurement, with annual compliance reports to a new central audit. | nato, defense-spending, deterrence, procurement, audit, military | 2026-05-19 |
| 2026-05-19-the-european-central-bank-confirmed-in-may-2026-that-the-digital-euro-will-launch-in-q1-2027-with-a-3000-euro-per-reside.md | The post reports that the European Central Bank confirmed a Q1 2027 digital-euro launch with a 3000 euro per-resident holding cap and automatic expiry on balances after 12 months of inactivity. | digital-euro, cbdc, ecb, holding-cap, programmable-money, financial-surveillance | 2026-05-19 |
| 2026-05-19-the-european-parliament-approved-on-may-15-2026-a-directive-requiring-all-member-states-to-enact-progressive-wealth-tax.md | The post reports a May 2026 European Parliament directive requiring member states to enact progressive net-wealth taxes, framed by its rapporteur as fairness and criticized by opponents as risking capital flight and constitutional challenges. | european-union, wealth-tax, taxation, capital-flight, redistribution, inequality | 2026-05-19 |
| 2026-05-19-the-federal-reserve-cut-interest-rates-by-25-basis-points-in-may-2026-the-third-cut-this-year-citing-cooling-labor-ma.md | The post reports that the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 25 basis points in May 2026, after which mortgage rates fell to 6.1% and home sales rose 4% within a week. | federal-reserve, monetary-policy, interest-rates, mortgage-rates, housing | 2026-05-19 |
| 2026-05-19-the-imf-announced-on-may-18-2026-that-all-new-lending-programs-to-emerging-market-countries-will-be-conditioned-on-memb.md | The IMF announced that new emerging-market lending programs will require binding carbon-budget targets and minimum-wage floors set jointly by IMF staff and the ILO. | imf, conditionality, carbon-budgets, minimum-wage, ilo, emerging-markets | 2026-05-19 |
| 2026-05-20-fed-25bp-rate-cut-housing-response.md | The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 25 basis points in May 2026 (third cut this year), citing cooling labor markets; mortgage rates fell to 6.1% within a week and home sales rose 4% in the same period. | federal-reserve, monetary-policy, interest-rates, mortgage-rates, housing, austrian-business-cycle | 2026-05-20 |
| 2026-05-24-https-www-imf-org-news-articles-2026-05-24-imf-sdr-climate-allocation-the-imf-executive-board-on-may-23-2026-approve.md | The IMF Executive Board approved a $400 billion SDR allocation conditioned on climate-aligned macroeconomic metrics jointly defined with UNEP and ILO, drawing internal objections that the structure turns SDRs into a discretionary policy lever beyond the Articles of Agreement. | imf, sdr, climate-policy, conditionality, monetary-policy, international-organizations | 2026-05-24 |