Economy
Financial Brief: A weekly intelligence roundup on the geopolitics of money | Dec 16
EXECUTIVE TAKEAWAYS: This week underscores a pivotal global shift: major central banks are signaling the end of the rate-cutting cycle, tightening financial conditions as...
How China’s Innovation Strategy Shapes New Productive Forces
From the full implementation of the innovation-led development strategy to the proposal to develop new, high-quality productive forces, China has consistently placed innovation at...
China’s Opening-Up and Its Global Economic Impact
China has consistently adhered to its fundamental national policy of opening up to the outside world and has taken concrete measures to promote the...
Musk’s Mars Mission: A Bold Vision That Could Cloud the SpaceX IPO
Investors interested in SpaceX's upcoming IPO should prepare for some unpredictability as CEO Elon Musk pursues both his ambition of reaching Mars and the...
Tourism, Power, and Dependency: The Case for a Mercantilist Gambia
Tourism has been said to be The Gambia lifeline. The Smiling Coast has been receiving thousands of visitors who come to the region due...
China’s Economy, Five Years On: Measuring the Momentum
China has successfully achieved economic development in recent years by shifting towards a model that relies on stimulating domestic demand. This not only ensures...
The $72B Question: Is Netflix Really YouTube’s Rival?
What Happened
Netflix has announced a proposed $72 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, aiming to absorb HBO Max and consolidate a subscriber base of...
China’s economic growth forecast for 2026
China is preparing to maintain its target of nearly 5% annual economic growth in 2026. This goal is part of Beijing's preparations to launch...
Putin’s Push for a BRICS Currency: Pragmatism Over Ideology
Several important agreements were signed during the India visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin (December 4-5, 2025). Apart from the bilateral dimension of the...
RCEP: The Rhetoric of Integration Amidst Geo-Economic Fragmentation
The leaders and representatives of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) member states convened in Kuala Lumpur on 27 October 2025. This meeting constituted...