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When the stock market hits a record high while wages stagnate and factories sit idle, two economies are running at the same time. A short walkthrough of the difference between the real economy (wheat, haircuts, semiconductors) and the financial economy (claims on the future value of all of that), why they're linked but not identical, and why bubbles, crashes, and the entire 2008 crisis make more sense once you stop confusing the two.

Iran's security council says no enriched uranium will leave the country and resists IAEA access, as Washington reportedly asks Putin to help broker talks.

October producer prices rose 0.3%, below forecasts, but the 6.5% annual rate is the highest since November 2022, pushing the 10-year Treasury yield to 5.16%.

UFORCE (UK/Ukraine) raised a $700M Series A at a $6B valuation, co-led by Valor Equity Partners and the UK National Wealth Fund, to scale autonomous maritime, aerial and ground defence systems.

Most of the confused arguments about debt, deficits, GDP, and wealth come from mixing up two different kinds of quantity. A short walkthrough of stocks (amounts measured at a point in time) versus flows (rates measured over a period), why you can never compare them directly, and why the distinction is the single best tool for cutting through economic headlines.

Imprint (US) raised $130M from Khosla Ventures, Ribbit Capital and Thrive Capital for payments, credit card and loyalty infrastructure for consumer brands.

Almost every macro question - inflation, recession, stagflation, central bank policy - comes back to two curves and where they cross. A short walkthrough of aggregate demand (consumption, investment, government, net exports), the short-run and long-run aggregate supply curves, what happens when each one shifts, and why central banks spend most of their attention managing AD.

Neurosterix (Switzerland/US) raised $105M to advance experimental treatments for schizophrenia and other neurological conditions.

How fast a dollar moves through the economy is as important as how many dollars exist. A short walkthrough of the velocity equation (nominal GDP divided by money supply), why velocity rises when confidence is high and collapses in crises, and why a doubling of the money supply during 2008–2015 quantitative easing produced almost no inflation - because velocity fell faster than the supply grew.

Rox (US) raised a $100M Series B at a $1.3B valuation, co-led by General Catalyst and March Capital, for AI agents that automate enterprise sales operations.

Trump says China is unlikely to free jailed Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai, citing a "great level of hatred," days before his Shenzhen meeting with Xi Jinping.

Borrowing fuels expansion. Paying it back drags it. A short walkthrough of leverage as debt relative to income, the four ways an economy can deleverage (income, asset sales, default, inflation), why the process is inherently deflationary, and why the 2008 cleanup took more than seven years even with massive government intervention to soften it.

Moscow and Beijing are working on a possible Trump-Putin-Xi meeting at APEC in Shenzhen on November 18-19, but Xi has not committed to the three-way format.