Tuesday, October 6, 2026

The Economist

3 stories

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Finance

The bond market sell-off is helping the dollar

A sell-off in the bond market is helping the dollar. But the strength of the greenback is not as reliable as it was in the past.

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AI & Tech

Record labels are in a spin over AI music

Record labels are in a spin over AI music. The question facing them is whether to fight the upstart AI labs, or co-operate with them.

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Business

Bartleby newsletter: How to fire a chicken into a jet engine

The Economist's Bartleby columnist has been reading up on testing regimes — including the practice of firing chickens into jet engines. It is a lighter look at the extreme tests behind everyday machines.

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