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Despite three years of war, Israel's economy has achieved remarkable results. Sustained growth, controlled inflation, low unemployment... However, expensive living remains the primary concern of voters, while political parties have had little economic debate during the legislative campaign.
Despite the Western sanctions, Vladimir Putin welcomes the main gas-exporting countries to Moscow on Tuesday. A demonstration of diplomatic power, while supply tensions are driving prices away as winter approaches.
A bitter victory for Lula and Brazil: barely the re-election of the known Lula, the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange lost more than 17 points at the opening. The Brazilian real has also plunged and lost up to 10% of its value against the dollar, to a lower since December 2025. The former trade unionist's economic programme plans to invest more and more in Brazilian industry and for the poorest households, while the debt is exploding, at 82.5% of GDP.
Degraded buildings, overcrowded classes, absent teachers: high school students mobilized this Tuesday denounce a lack of resources. Yet France spends a lot on its high schools.
The flow of oil ships has partly resumed in the Strait of Ormuz and the Arabian Peninsula has reorganized its oil flows, via the east-west Saudi pipeline or the one to Fujairah, in the Gulf of Oman. But tensions persist on refined products. And while G7 members have agreed to release 100 million barrels of their strategic reserves, China is again buying oil to rebuild its stocks.
Despite the explosive situation in the Straits of Ormuz and Bab al-Mandeb, the flow of crude oil from the Middle East exceeded its pre-war average in the last week of September, according to Kpler. But between attacks on ships, supply tensions and high pump prices, the recovery remains fragile.
France's debt reached 3595.5 billion euros in the second quarter of 2026, just revealed INSEE, or 119 % of GDP: a level that had not been reached since 1946. Despite the executive's efforts to save money, one of the first items in the 2027 budget will be debt interest: €77.4 billion in 2026 and €100 billion in 2030. At the same time, thousands of officials protested this Tuesday against the decline in their purchasing power, eroded by fuel prices.
SpaceX's giant rocket placed 26 Starlink satellites in orbit for the first time. A major but imperfect success: his flight was shortened after an engine failure and ended with a spectacular explosion.
The government will transmit its 2027 finance bill to the National Assembly on Thursday, 1 October. Objective 2027: Reduce the deficit to 5% of GDP through two levers: lower expenditure and higher revenue. Among the first avenues mentioned, the freezing of the point of index of the salaries of civil servants, a larger contribution of people to retirement and the removal of "inefficient" tax niches to avoid having to raise taxes in this election year.
The visit of Leo XIV gives reservations to Metz and Lourdes. In Paris, hotel activity is also increasing, but the Pope's effect remains difficult to isolate. There is still no consolidated balance sheet to measure the economic benefits of these four days at this time.
Donald Trump receives Xi Jinping at a state dinner gathering leading US tech and finance bosses. Behind the fascists of the White House is a battle for the control of global artificial intelligence.
The United States wants to isolate Iran's air sector from the rest of the world. A spectacular offensive against the regime but whose first victims could be the 93 million Iranians.
On the eve of the legislative elections, the Moroccan economy is showing solid growth and increasing major projects. But this success leaves a part of the population at a distance, especially young people, facing massive unemployment.
