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Financial Brief: A Weekly Roundup on the Geopolitics of Money | Feb 03
EXECUTIVE TAKEAWAYS
This week, the global economy sent mixed signals. Manufacturing rebounded across key economies as tariff fears eased, but Wall Street seesawed as a...
How the U.S. Security Assistance Distorts Israel’s Domestic Market
While the United States pours billions of dollars in annual aid into Israel, such generosity is quietly undermining Israel’s economic autonomy. For decades, mainstream...
Greece Seeks Cost Review to Revive Undersea Power Link to Cyprus
Greece is hiring an external adviser to review costs for the stalled Great Sea Interconnector, an undersea power cable intended to link mainland Europe...
Financial Brief: A Weekly Roundup on the Geopolitics of Money | Jan 27
EXECUTIVE TAKEAWAYS
Markets this week revealed selective amnesia about risk. Asian equities hit records and investors rotated into duration despite Trump hiking South Korean tariffs...
Geopolitical Risk Moves to the Center of Investment Decisions
Demand for geopolitical analysis is rising sharply as investors struggle to price in risks from wars, trade threats and political shocks. Asset managers and...
Japan’s Bond Rout Rings Alarm Bells as Opposition Urges Decisive Market Intervention
Japan’s government bond market long seen as one of the world’s most stable was jolted this week by a sharp selloff that reverberated across...
Financial Brief: A Weekly Roundup on the Geopolitics of Money | Jan 20
EXECUTIVE TAKEAWAYS
Markets this week revealed fragility beneath calm. The IMF upgraded growth as AI investment masked tariff disruptions, but Trump's Greenland ultimatum revived the...
China Hits Its Target but the Slowdown Is Getting Harder to Ignore
China’s economic growth slowed to a three-year low in the final quarter of 2025, underscoring the strain facing the world’s second-largest economy as domestic...
From Deadlock to Rebellion: Spain’s Fiscal Crisis
NEWS BRIEF
Spain's government faces a nationwide rebellion from its own regional leaders over a new fiscal funding plan, accused of bribing Catalonia with a...
France Risks ‘Danger Zone’ if Budget Deficit Exceeds 5% in 2026, ECB’s Villeroy Warns
France could breach a critical fiscal threshold if its budget deficit surpasses 5% of GDP in 2026, ECB policymaker and Bank of France Governor...