What Is Happening with Interest Rates, Credit and Investment Activity (Part 3)

By Andrii Azarov (Andrew Azarov) — Professor of Business, Economics, and the Applied Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Development of Business Process Automation Software Systems. International Business Academy Consortium (United Kingdom).

This article is for readers who want to understand the real forces shaping the modern economy — not only as observers, but as people making financial, business and strategic decisions. It is especially valuable for entrepreneurs, investors, executives and thoughtful citizens who recognise that interest rates, credit conditions and investment activity now influence everything from household stability to global business growth. For the audience of 100news.tv, this material matters because it goes beyond headlines and helps interpret the deeper logic of economic change.

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XXXV. The United States: why the world still watches the Federal Reserve first

No analysis of interest rates, credit and investment activity is complete without beginning with the United States, because the American monetary system still casts the longest shadow over global finance.

The Federal Reserve is the central banking system of the United States, which performs five general functions to promote the effective operation of the U.S. economy, including managing inflation and maximizing employment through monetary policy.

This is not merely because the Federal Reserve is powerful in a formal sense. It is because the U.S. dollar remains central to the architecture of trade, reserves, sovereign borrowing, commodity pricing, institutional portfolios and cross-border corporate finance. When American rates change, they do not remain inside America. They ripple outward through the global financial bloodstream.

What Is Happening with Interest Rates, Credit and Investment Activity (Part 2)

By Andrii Azarov (Andrew Azarov) — Professor of Business, Economics, and the Applied Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Development of Business Process Automation Software Systems. International Business Academy Consortium (United Kingdom).

This article is for readers who want to understand the real forces shaping the modern economy — not only as observers, but as people making financial, business and strategic decisions. It is especially valuable for entrepreneurs, investors, executives and thoughtful citizens who recognise that interest rates, credit conditions and investment activity now influence everything from household stability to global business growth. For the audience of 100news.tv, this material matters because it goes beyond headlines and helps interpret the deeper logic of economic change.

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What Is Happening with Interest Rates, Credit and Investment Activity (Part 1)

By Andrii Azarov (Andrew Azarov) — Professor of Business, Economics, and the Applied Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Development of Business Process Automation Software Systems. International Business Academy Consortium (United Kingdom).

This article is for readers who want to understand the real forces shaping the modern economy — not only as observers, but as people making financial, business and strategic decisions. It is especially valuable for entrepreneurs, investors, executives and thoughtful citizens who recognise that interest rates, credit conditions and investment activity now influence everything from household stability to global business growth. For the audience of 100news.tv, this material matters because it goes beyond headlines and helps interpret the deeper logic of economic change.

Part 1

There are periods in economic history when money is simply money: a neutral medium, a technical instrument, a background condition to ordinary commercial life. And then there are periods when the price of money becomes the main character in the story.

We are living through the second kind.

GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK 2026 will be held in Davos

Every year, leading entrepreneurs from five continents who are interested in developing business connections, studying and supporting innovation, establishing new trade missions, and shaping a global business civilisation gather at GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK — an international platform for a series of business forums and strategic corporate retreats.

GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK 2026 is the world’s leading arena for business diplomacy. It is a next-generation format: a trade initiative, an entrepreneurial diplomacy platform, and a continuously operating ecosystem of international business connections, where entrepreneurs gain access not only to knowledge and networking, but also to practical tools for entering the global arena.

Secret of German Economy

The Core of Germany's Economy

Germany is often described through the language of engineering, exports, and industrial discipline. But beneath those familiar labels lies something even more distinctive: a deeply rooted culture of family business. In Germany, family firms are not a niche or a romantic leftover from an earlier era. They are the core of the economy.

Depending on the definition used, family-owned or family-controlled companies account for roughly 86–90 percent of all German businesses. They employ about 54 percent of the national workforce, and under a broader “family-controlled” definition they account for around 58 percent of jobs subject to social-security contributions. In revenue terms, they generate about 43–46 percent of total business turnover.

Startup World Cup Championship 2026: Davos to Host the Next Generation of Global Entrepreneurs

From 9 to 12 July 2026, Davos, Switzerland, will become a meeting point for a new kind of global leadership: young founders, visionary educators, business angels, investors, diplomats, trade representatives, policymakers, and innovation leaders. The 26th Startup World Cup Championship 2026 will gather some of the world’s most forward-looking entrepreneurial and intellectual communities to evaluate youth-led startups and select the best projects of the year as World Champions 2026.

The Championship is part of a broader international movement dedicated to practical entrepreneurship education, innovation, and business diplomacy. According to the official Davos event listing, the Startup World Cup Championship brings together young and mature entrepreneurs, inventors, investors, entrepreneurs, and government representatives from more than 35 countries, with projects assessed by an international jury across innovation, feasibility, scalability, and business potential. (davos.ch)