A world with economic A and B nations
Teaser: Like the production of goods, the monetary policy has also been globalised over the past 30 years, but the monetary policy environment is now changing – it probably reverses and will soon reveal stress in some economies. In the
China strikes back at US with tax cuts
Teaser: When US President Trump was heading across the Atlantic to the NATO top summit this week, he did not forget China, so he announced a further escalation of the trade war. The president has asked his government to prepare
Germany slows down Europe’s economy
Germany and Chancellor Angela Merkel is back in the centre of the storm, and this time, it affects the financial markets. The political situation in Germany is currently moving rapidly at a pace that affects even the financial markets. This
June’s Top 3 Reads
Read by tens of thousands of readers around the globe, these 3 contributions garnered the most attention this June, as published in CEOWorld Magazine (USA), Caixin Online (China), Jyllands-Posten (Denmark), Business Today (Malaysia), The Manila Times (Philippines), BusinessMirror (Philippines), LinkedIn,
India also caught in Trump’s storm
On the 3rd June, the governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Urjit Patel, had a chronicle in the Financial Times that was particularly interesting. It is already old news, but the very special fact that a central bank governor
A weak EU against a weakened U.K.
Teaser: The divorce between Britain and the EU is now approaching quickly as the deadline is 19th March next year, so the negotiations need to move on during the summer. There are just nine months left of the EU-U.K. negotiation
Oil price decides U.S. – China trade war
Teaser: The threat of a trade war between the U.S. and China has cooled down, but the battle will return with renewed power. So far, I have not considered the threat of a trade war between the U.S. and China
In June EU meets Italy’s debt mountain
It’s now likely that Italy’s new government is ready for the EU summit in Brussels on the 28th and 29th June, but the rhetoric already gets the full attention from the financial markets. Ahead of the summit, the coming weeks
May’s Top 3 Reads
Read by tens of thousands of readers around the globe, these 3 contributions garnered the most attention this May, as published in CEOWorld Magazine (USA), Caixin Online (China), Jyllands-Posten (Denmark), Business Today (Malaysia), The Manila Times (Philippines), BusinessMirror (Philippines), LinkedIn,
Volatility in EM financial markets speeds up
In different ways, weekly reports of investors’ investment decisions speak a clear language. During the weeks from the 16th April to the 7th May, there was a significant outflow from funds investing in emerging market countries. In the week starting