Macroscope | Asia is not on the edge of a new 1997-style financial crisis
Doom-mongering pervades financial markets, especially these days when there are mounting concerns about a rise in interest rates…
G20 finance leaders close talks marked by US welcoming Russia
Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers gathered in Asheville, North Carolina, for a two-day meeting (-)…
EU official says it’s not time to ‘normalize’ Russia at G20 finance talks
EU economy chief Valdis Dombrovskis said Tuesday that it is not the time to “normalize” Moscow’s presence at…
EU official says it’s not time to ‘normalise’ Russia at G20 finance talks
EU economy chief Valdis Dombrovskis said Europe opposed normalising Russia or restoring its participation in meetings of international…
European central bankers fear US moves could jolt markets
European officials were irritated that they had not received the advance notice normally expected when another government planned…
China’s help critical, but unlikely, for US to choke off Iran
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent laid out plans this week to strangle Iran’s economy (Kent NISHIMURA) The United…
US outlook stable but uncertainty remains over AI investment and geopolitics as rates held
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JD Vance is right to question the dollar’s supremacy
For the Trump administration, fighting to keep the supremacy of the dollar in the world’s financial system has…
A new tollbooth war? Inside the US-Iran standoff paralysing global trade
The conflict between the United States and Iran has entered a dangerous new phase after a widely publicised…
US 30-Year Yield Hits Highest Since 2007 as Selloff Deepens
(Bloomberg) — Yields on the US Treasury’s longest-dated bond rose to the highest level in almost two decades…
Gaza flotilla activists detained by Israel face ‘extreme brutality’
Two foreign activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla who were brought to Israel for interrogation appeared before an Israeli…
US approves sale of Iranian oil at sea in move to ease crude supply crisis
The US Treasury on Friday temporarily lifted sanctions on Iranian oil already loaded onto vessels, in Washington’s latest…