Economy
The Gold Was Never About Inflation
On 23 July, the EU adopted its 21st and largest sanctions package against Russia — 218 listings, asset freezes on 94 banks, the first-ever...
Is South Korea’s Market Crash Creating a Buying Opportunity for Global Investors?
Global investors are beginning to rebuild confidence in South Korean equities after one of the most volatile market corrections in recent years, viewing the...
Is the US Economy Overheating and Should Bond Markets Be Worried?
The United States economy is showing remarkable resilience despite geopolitical tensions, political uncertainty, and concerns over slowing global growth. Rather than cooling, economic activity...
Is Iran losing control of Gulf trade?
The recent strikes by the Houthis, an Iranian proxy group operating out of Yemen, on shipping passing through the Red Sea have been seen...
Will Trump’s Tariff Powers Derail the New Russia Sanctions Bill?
A bipartisan Russia sanctions bill championed by the late Senator Lindsey Graham is facing growing resistance in Congress as lawmakers debate provisions that would...
Why Venezuela’s Refineries May Be Too Costly to Save
Venezuela's once powerful refining sector has fallen into severe decline, with aging infrastructure, years of underinvestment, and recent earthquake damage leaving the country's largest...
Can Japan’s Prime Minister Restore Market Confidence?
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is facing mounting political and economic pressure as falling public approval ratings increasingly complicate her government's efforts to reassure...
Washington Arrived Late: Syria’s Economic Reintegration Is Already a Gulf-Run Enterprise
On July 13, at Damascus's Dama Rose Hotel, Syria's economy minister, Nidal al-Shaar, stood before executives from Chevron, Visa, Citibank, EY and a dozen...
Central banks face growing inflation risks as global price pressures mount
Major central banks are confronting an increasingly difficult inflation landscape as multiple price pressures converge, raising questions over whether policymakers can continue treating inflation...
A Hybrid Approach for a Federal Sovereign Wealth Fund
While this author has long called for a United States Wealth Fund to be started by excise taxes on mineral wealth extracted from federal...