2025: The Year the Economy Stopped Deceiving

If we had to sum up the economic year of 2025 in one sentence, it would be this: the budgetary reality reclaimed its authority over political rhetoric. Throughout the year, our editorials consistently highlighted an unpopular but undeniable truth: an economy does not recover through incantations or electoral promises, but through often painful trade-offs.

From January, the tone was set. In "The Bill Always Comes" (January 6, 2025), we ...