Global economy takes Trump guessing-game in stride
Global economic policymakers had been braced for an economic firestorm from the new US administration but instead got a surprisingly restrained start from Donald Trump, who remains big on rhetoric…
Global economic policymakers had been braced for an economic firestorm from the new US administration but instead got a surprisingly restrained start from Donald Trump, who remains big on rhetoric…
For Europe’s economy, the Nov 5 US election offers a “least bad” outcome of a challenging Kamala Harris presidency or a second encounter with Donald Trump which threatens to be…
A rapid divergence between euro zone and US government bond markets is expected to continue, as an increasingly lacklustre European economy adds to the pressure on the European Central Bank…
ON the night of the Swedish election on Sept 11, a 26-year-old politician from the Sweden Democrats hailed its triumph in becoming the nation’s second-biggest parliamentary party by raising one…
A stronger-than-expected US economy is buoying the dollar, frustrating investors who had bet the currency would wilt under a barrage of interest rate cuts that have yet to materialize. The…
A big selloff that pushed US borrowing costs to 15-year highs left euro zone bonds relatively unscathed in August, reflecting investor bets the bloc’s economic growth and funding needs will…
It’s the best performing currency this year in the G10 group of advanced economies against the dollar. But sterling’s strengthening streak is about to be put to the test as…
Markets, bracing for a “no landing” scenario where global economic growth is resilient and inflation stays higher for longer, are dialling back appetite for both risk assets and government debt.…
Both the US and European economies are expected to enter a recession in 2023. For what it’s worth, the head of the IMF expects a full one-third of the world…
If Covid-19 in 2020 was a nightmare, then we have been continuously transitioning from one nightmare to another. Generous fiscal stimulus in the rich world, accommodative monetary policies the world…