UK Borrowing Reaches Highest Level Since Pandemic as Retail Sales Dip Amid Fuel Price Surge Rising Private Credit Defaults Strain Banks and Insurers Amid Higher Rates Australian Taxpayers Subsidise Big Minings Fossil Fuel Use by 4bn Annually Amid BHPs Climate Pledge Reversal Bond Market Signals Inflation Concerns as Warsh Assumes Fed Leadership Retail Hiring Surge in April Belies Consumer Caution Signals Japan Nears Mercosur Trade Talks to Secure Oil and Boost Auto Exports Technology Stocks Lead Mixed US Equity Markets on the 26th