Author: DataFloren

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reports a 0.3% rise in the PCE inflation index for February, hitting 2.5% annually. This figure, released on March 28, 2025, exceeds the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, signaling persistent price pressures. Core inflation, excluding food and energy, jumps 0.4% monthly, reaching 2.8% yearly, outpacing forecasts of 0.3% and 2.6%. […]

(Analysis) Europe faces a defining moment as it grapples with the Ukraine crisis and a shifting global landscape, its leaders scrambling to assert control. On March 27, 2025, 33 nations met in Paris, led by France and the UK, pledging €2 billion in French military aid and a £1.6 billion British missile deal to bolster […]

Brazil’s service sector regained some footing in March 2025, researchers from a leading economic institute report. Confidence rose 1.2 points to 92.9, snapping a four-month decline. This shift follows a tough stretch since October 2024, offering cautious relief. Economists tie this uptick to brighter expectations, with the future outlook index jumping 2.2 points to 90.8. […]

The United States suspended all financial contributions to the World Trade Organization for 2024 and 2025, three trade sources revealed to Reuters yesterday. This move marks another step in President Trump’s systematic withdrawal from international institutions since returning to office in January. The US typically contributes 11% of the WTO’s annual budget, approximately $25.5 million […]

​Software-defined warfare provides a path to modernize and reimagine America’s defense capabilities for the 21st century, the authors of this op-ed argue. 

​Software-defined warfare provides a path to modernize and reimagine America’s defense capabilities for the 21st century, the authors of this op-ed argue. 

​Secretary of the Air Force-nominee Troy Meink says that he favors multiple competitions over modernization programs’ lifetimes and an examination of direct, “big” investment in industrial capacity akin to the 

​Allen Control Systems (ACS) last week said it raised $30 million in a Series A round to accelerate its engineering growth and deployment of its Bullfrog counter-drone robotic gun system. 

​“The long-term play for Honeywell is we want to be able to expand our capacity and meet demand with increased and resilient supply chains,” Honeywell executive Lee Davis told Breaking Defense. “The organization sees Australia as a good place to invest in a secure, like-minded nation.” 

Argentina’s government alerts Chile it will repeal a 2021 decree claiming joint control over the Strait of Magellan and Drake Passage. This shift, announced on March 27, 2025, ends a tense dispute rooted in treaties from 1881 and 1984 that grant Chile sole authority over these strategic waters. A new defense policy, now in drafting, […]