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OPINION: The CLARITY act will bring more strength to the dollar, not less. It's time regulators moved forward. About 98% of stablecoin value is dollar-denominated, and the BIS argues that lets dollar substitution take hold in unstable economies faster than those governments can respond to it. @SecScottBessent describes the same mechanism as the goal, saying stablecoins expand dollar access for billions and drive demand for Treasuries. He's spent the past two weeks pushing the Senate to pass CLARITY before recess.

Opinion: One of the biggest assets that Andy Burnham brings to the Labour Party is that he is a better performer than his predecessor. But that is also one of the biggest downsides.

Opinion: The GDP report later this week is likely to show that economic growth in the US once again topped 2%. But you wouldn’t have seen this coming in measures of the popular mood.

#OpinionLine# The renewed US-Iran confrontation, together with #Israel#'s continuing regional military campaign, spreads corrosive damage across the region. As economic risks accumulate alongside humanitarian pressures, the space for negotiated political settlements is narrowing. #MiddleEast# #Iran#