AI, Economies and Markets – How artificial intelligence will transform the global economy
In a recent survey, almost 80% of our clients told us artificial intelligence (AI) would have a transformative effect on the global economy. But the...
Author : Nelli Avetisyan
PODCAST: Losing its sparkle: can the natural-diamond industry survive?
De Beers built an empire by convincing the world that “a diamond is forever”. But the supply chain it once dominated is under pressure from...
U.K. Economy Faces Rising Risk Of a ‘Hard Landing,’ Says BOE’s Taylor – WSJ
There is a small but growing possibility that the U.K. economy is heading for recession, thanks in part to overly high borrowing costs, a Bank...
How Can We Account for Crypto?
National income accounting has always been complicated by what happens in the underground and informal economies. Cryptocurrencies compound the problem, fueling money laundering and other...
How to Identify and Control Financial Risk
Financial risk is measured by the loss of capital to interested parties. Financial markets face risk due to macroeconomic forces, changes to the market interest...
Powell Keeps Fed on Track to Lower Rates Again – WSJ
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell left the central bank on track to reduce interest rates again at its meeting later this month by highlighting weakness...
Never mind America’s real economy. Its deal economy is booming – The Economist
America’s first merger wave began in the 1890s and forged giants in steel, oil and railroads. A second preceded the crash of 1929. Executives assembled...
Trade Tensions Weigh on IMF’s Outlook for Global Economy – WSJ
Tariffs, inflation and other threats such as eroding central-bank independence are all clouding the world economic outlook, the International Monetary Fund said in its latest...
How Much Longer Will Consumers Tolerate Tariffs? – Bloomberg
The panic is over, kind of. Presidential social media postings promising to increase tariffs on China by 100% prompted quite a market selloff. A more...
Top US financiers sound alarm on lending standards – The Financial Times
Top financiers have warned of an erosion in lending standards after credit markets were shaken by the collapse of the auto sector’s First Brands Group...