Edition #23 - AI Rules Hit The Real Economy, Central Banks Edge Toward “Last Cuts” (Feb 15–22, 2026)
Governments moved from talking about AI to regulating how it touches jobs, chips, and trade, central banks hinted they are near the end of their easing cycles as inflation cools, and fusion reactors plus new sodium‐ion batteries signaled how radically future energy, water, and industrial jobs could change while crypto markets sat in their longest fear streak since the Terra‐Luna crash.
