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Fed cuts its policy rate to 2% or lower by June 2027
The Federal Reserve will lower its policy rate to 2.00% or below by June 2027. The cuts will be foll…
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What Happens Next
Bold, falsifiable calls on the next two years. One signal, one thesis, a date to judge us by.
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FDA will fully approve a senolytic for an age-related indication by 2027
At least one senolytic compound will receive full FDA approval for an age-related disease by 31 Dece…
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First 300 MW floating offshore wind farm in US federal waters reaches commercial operation by March 2028
A 300 MW floating array in federal waters will reach commercial operation by Q1 2028, anchored by Ca…
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United States files Article 13 notice to leave NATO by March 2028
Congressional testimony and bilateral security deals in 2026 move withdrawal from contingency planni…
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Two G7 Central Banks to Link Policy Rates to Eldercare Labor Shortage Index by Q2 2027
The Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank are already quantifying unpaid family care as a meas…
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SpaceX Completes First Orbital Propellant Transfer and Uncrewed Lunar Landing by March 2027
A pair of Starship vehicles will dock in low Earth orbit and transfer hundreds of tons of liquid oxy…
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Mexico passes 28 percent of US auto parts imports by Q3 2027
Q2 2026 Census data shows Mexican auto parts imports at 24.7 percent share and growing 19 percent ye…
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Android devices run most AI inference on-device by Q4 2027
Qualcomm and MediaTek NPUs already clear the performance bar, and OEM pilots on Pixel and Galaxy dev…
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ECB to mandate full retail digital euro rollout by 30 June 2027
The ECB will mandate all euro-area banks to offer digital euro accounts to retail customers, trigger…
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EV Battery Pack Prices Fall Below $60/kWh by Q4 2027
Chinese cell makers are already bidding below $70/kWh. A wave of LFP oversupply and new sodium-ion c…
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FDA Approves Unity Biotechnology's UBX1325 for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis by Q2 2028
Unity Biotechnology's UBX1325, already showing clinical efficacy in ophthalmology, follows a regulat…
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US to Impose Secondary Sanctions on Three Major Chinese State-Owned Banks by Q1 2027
The Treasury and State Department will target Bank of China, China Construction Bank, and Agricultur…
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Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Phones Run 13B-Parameter Models Locally, Passing 25 Percent On-Device Inference Share by Q4 2027
Qualcomm's 45 TOPS Hexagon NPU and on-device Stable Diffusion 3.5 demos on Gen 4 reference hardware …
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Three of the Five Largest US Tech Employers Will Mandate a Four-Day Office Week by End of 2027
The labor market advantage of remote flexibility has been neutralized by internal performance data. …
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TSMC Arizona Ships 10,000 Wafers Per Month of 4nm Chips by Q1 2027
Equipment move-in completed ahead of schedule and CHIPS Act funds are released. The physical constra…
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SpaceX Completes First Orbital Propellant Transfer Between Two Starships by June 2027
NASA's Human Landing System contract requires an orbital propellant transfer test before a crewed lu…
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First US 300 MW small modular reactor connects to grid by Q4 2027
An SMR-160 unit secures its combined license and reaches commercial operation before the end of 2027…
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ECB launches retail digital euro by March 2028
The ECB will move from wholesale pilots to a live retail digital euro across the euro area by Q1 202…
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Samsung and Xiaomi Ship 7B On-Device Multimodal Models on Flagship Phones by Q2 2027
Qualcomm and MediaTek silicon now sustains the necessary throughput. Google and Microsoft have the c…
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South Korea to Confirm US B61 Forward Deployment at Osan by Q1 2027
A new bilateral nuclear-sharing agreement will place American tactical nuclear weapons on the Korean…
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At Least Three US States Will Mandate 32-Hour Workweeks at Full Pay for AI-Augmented Roles by Q2 2027
California, New York, and Washington are poised to enact laws requiring employers with over 500 work…
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BYD Opens European Assembly Plant in Hungary, Reaches 150,000 Annual Output by Q3 2027
The Szeged facility moves from pilot-scale knockdown kits to full stamping, welding, and paint, trig…
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BOJ to Hike Policy Rate to 1.25% by Q4 2027, Yen Strengthens Below 125 per USD
Persistent inflation above 2% and shunto wage settlements exceeding 4% will force the BOJ to normali…
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SpaceX Demonstrates Orbital Starship Refueling and NASA Certifies Success by March 2027
A ship-to-ship propellant transfer in low Earth orbit, verified by NASA telemetry, will retire the s…
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NuScale VOYGR Plant at INL Connects to PJM Grid by September 2027
The NuScale VOYGR plant at the Idaho National Laboratory site receives its operating license in Q4 2…
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FDA grants full approval to a senolytic for non-oncology indication by December 2027
Unity Biotechnology's UBX1325 or an acquired asset will complete a pivotal trial in diabetic macular…
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Ukraine Joins the European Union by Q4 2027
The December 2027 accession treaty, driven by legislative harmonization and the collapse of the Hung…
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Phones Run 13B Multimodal Models Locally at 45 Tokens Per Second by Q1 2027
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 will run a 13B-parameter multimodal model locally at over 45 tokens per secon…
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Prime-Age Female Labor-Force Participation Falls Below 74.0 Percent in Q2 2027
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics will report a rate of 73.9 percent or lower, driven by the expirat…
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TSMC Arizona Fab 2 Begins Volume 3nm Shipments for US Clients by Mid-2027
Equipment move-in accelerated ahead of schedule in 2026, and two US customers are already in advance…