👤 Michael Race

16 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
16
2026-07-30 – 2026-10-14
Claims per article
30
475 extracted in total
Hedged claims
11%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,805
characters
Writes for BBC News.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Economy/Business
56%
Politics
31%
Sports
6%
Technology
6%
Most-tagged topics
FedIranthe Federal ReserveAmericansAmericanCanadaLondonArdian

Leaning

+0.19 average ± 0.30 · +0.35 median · 9 scored articles
Sits to the right of their own outlet, which averages -0.14 — the whole interval clears it. Leaning rates the writing, not the subject. How it is scored.

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-16 · BBC News · Economy/Business
US interest rates raised for first time in three years
21 outlets covered this event
2026-08-25 · BBC News · Politics
Iran says it is 'fully prepared' to counter widened US economic sanctions
19 outlets covered this event
2026-09-15 · BBC News · Politics
Carney gambles on the world's biggest investors betting on Canada
10 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-04 · BBC News · Politics
Trump calls for interest rate cut after jobs figures raise hike bets
5 outlets covered this event · leans strongly right
2026-08-05 · BBC News · Politics
Trump says Iran will be 'hit very hard' if Hormuz Strait not open soon as oil prices fall
5 outlets covered this event
2026-10-14 · BBC News · Economy/Business
Not building third runway would be 'huge missed opportunity', warns Heathrow boss
2 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-07-30 · BBC News
'No magic wand' to tackle high prices, Fed boss says as US interest rates held
🔮 Rates were left unchanged, as broadly expected, between 3.5% and 3.75% on Wednesday, but concerns remain that inflation could increase in the coming months due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. assertive
2026-07-31 · BBC News
US economic growth sees surprise slowdown in second quarter
🔮 Analysts had forecast growth to remain around 2%. assertive
2026-08-04 · BBC News
Why Trump Media's sale of fast access to market-moving social posts is controversial
🔮 TMTG has not directly said the service includes the account of the president himself, but with some 13 million followers - the most on the site - it's fair to say that his posts would be among, if not the, most influential. assertive
2026-08-05 · BBC News
Trump says Iran will be 'hit very hard' if Hormuz Strait not open soon as oil prices fall
🔮 - Published Donald Trump said the Strait of Hormuz would open "very soon" or Iran would be "hit very hard" as oil prices fell to a three-week low amid hopes of a deal. assertive
2026-08-11 · BBC News
Is football AI-proof? Why tech investors wanted a slice of the World Cup
🔮 In a world in which AI could upend human recreation and pastimes, executives at Thrive Eternal, a spin-off of venture capital firm Thrive Capital, saw an opportunity to lead a group of investors to place cash in the biggest sporting competition on the planet. assertive
2026-08-11 · BBC News
Surprise fall in US jobs last month as slow summer continues
🔮 The Bureau of Labor Statistics also revised down the number of jobs added in May and June by 103,000, signalling a slow summer of job creation. assertive
2026-08-25 · BBC News
Iran says it is 'fully prepared' to counter widened US economic sanctions
🔮 Iranian Economy Minister Ali Madanizadeh said Tehran was "fully prepared" for the sanctions, which he said would lead to "another defeat" for the US. assertive
2026-09-03 · BBC News
Almost half of households do not see benefits of economic growth, report says
🔮 But questions remain over the PM's plans, with surging government borrowing costs set to limit his room for manoeuvre at October's Budget. assertive
2026-09-04 · BBC News
Trump calls for interest rate cut after jobs figures raise hike bets
🔮 The president's remarks came as stronger-than-expected jobs figures in the US added to growing expectations that rates could be increased, with inflation still running high and American households feeling the pinch of rising prices. assertive
2026-09-05 · BBC News
Why are European countries moving their gold out of North America?
🔮 - Published When the central bank of the Netherlands confirmed this week that it had moved tonnes of the country's gold out of North America, it said the relocation would make it "better prepared for severe crises". assertive
2026-09-15 · BBC News
Carney gambles on the world's biggest investors betting on Canada
🔮 For two days, Toronto will host more than 100 global investors overseeing more than C$100tn ($72tn; £53tn) in assets, in the hope that new economic relationships will help Canada navigate an increasingly unstable geopolitical climate. assertive
2026-09-15 · BBC News
US prices remain high as fuel costs squeeze household budgets
🔮 It comes ahead of the Federal Reserve making its latest interest rate decision next week, with growing expectations they will be increased in a bid to slow the rate at which prices are rising. assertive
2026-09-16 · BBC News
US interest rates raised for first time in three years
🔮 - Published US interest rates have been raised for the first time in more than three years and could be increased further in a bid to slow rising prices. mixed
2026-09-18 · BBC News
'We simply don't know' - JP Morgan struggling to forecast oil prices due to US-Iran war
🔮 - Published Investment banking giant JP Morgan has said it is struggling to predict how oil prices will be impacted by the US-Iran war, telling investors in a rare note that "we simply don't know how to model the endgame". assertive
2026-09-22 · BBC News
IMF tells advanced economies to 'bring debt down' as borrowing costs rise
🔮 The latest figures show borrowing - the difference between tax receipts and government spending - was £18.3bn ($24.4bn) in August, almost a fifth higher than the year before and higher than official forecasts. assertive
2026-10-14 · BBC News
Not building third runway would be 'huge missed opportunity', warns Heathrow boss
🔮 - Published Not building a third runway at Heathrow Airport would be a "huge missed opportunity" for the UK, the boss of the country's busiest airport has warned. assertive
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