Economy
Saudi Arabia’s latest diversification push: A new airline
While the aviation industry is counting losses amid the pandemic, a new venture from Saudi Arabia has beefed up the country's economic diversification plans. A new...
China’s Monetary Policy: Enacting Expansionary Measures as Economy Stagnates
China’s ‘First in-First out’ situation marveled many as most of the world still grappled with the pandemic. The curbs placed and sophisticated management of...
Bangladesh’s LDC Graduation: Challenges & Way Forward for RMG
Bangladesh has met, for the second time, all the three criteria for graduating from the Least Developed Country (LDC) and if everything goes right,...
Why Pandemic Recovery Searches the Heart & Soul of Nations?
Nations, when silently morph into an enterprise of sorts, extreme value-manipulation priorities create geo-econo sound bites of socio-hysteria. Currently, our worlds, only a push button...
Rushing through the waiting room: A peek at Bulgaria’s plan to adopt the Euro
As it pursued EU membership in the early 2000s, Sofia began debating about its eventual accession to the Eurozone. And, to be truthful, the...
Dhaka Reaches out to the Neighbours: Economic Development and Resilience amid COVID-19
Not very long ago Bangladesh was carrying a baggage of skepticism behind her future and development trajectories. The “basket case” analogy might not be...
Has G7 lost its significance?
Authors: Sourav Ghosh and Shalabh Chopra*
Through joint communique delivered at the end of the recently held Group of Seven (G7) summit, the leaders of...
The Surging Housing Market: Is Another Price Bubble in Formation?
There is no doubt that the post-pandemic rebound has been stronger and far quicker than expected. The befuddled Fed and the booming stock markets...
Examining the impact of Saudi Aramco’s venture of IPO
Saudi Arabia is often regarded as one of the giants in the oil industry. Having control and influence over major oil policies in the...
Saudi transport and logistics plan steps up competition with Gulf states
Recent announcements by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of plans to turn the kingdom into a transportation and logistics hub that connects continents take...