Analysis

Middle East War Amplifies Global Financial Market Risks

LONDON — At 4:32 a.m. on Monday, June 8, the Brent crude futures curve went vertical. In the space of seven…

5 months ago

Ethiopian Airlines Regional Jet Order: A Strategic Pivot in African Aviation

Addis Ababa Bole International Airport is, at its core, a study in industrial friction. Every day, narrow-body workhorses and wide-body…

5 months ago

US Jobs Report Sparks Fed Rate Hike Bets (Market Analysis)

Friday morning at 8:30 AM Eastern, the consensus macroeconomic playbook was torn to shreds. Traders who had spent the past…

5 months ago

Nidec Accounting Fraud: The Pressure Culture That Built Japan’s Biggest Corporate Scandal in a Decade

There's a comic book on Nidec's website — or there was, until recently — called "The Man Hotter Than the…

5 months ago

Central Banks Need ‘Heightened Vigilance’ as Middle East Conflict Rewrites the Inflation Playbook

At the Conrad Singapore Orchard hotel on Friday morning, the warning from the Monetary Authority of Singapore landed with unusual…

6 months ago

Singapore Must Embrace AI as China Has, Says SM Lee — And the Stakes Are Higher Than They Look

Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong ended a five-day China visit on May 22 with a message that was part economic…

6 months ago

Singapore Firms Press Ahead in US Market Despite Trump Tariffs

The phone calls from American buyers haven't stopped. Neither have the shipments. For many Singapore-based companies with exposure to the…

6 months ago

The IMF’s High-Voltage Mandate: How Pakistan’s FY27 Power Subsidy Cut Will Rewire Its Economy

Walk through the humming control rooms of Islamabad’s power ministry, and you will find the air thick with a very…

6 months ago

How US Debt, Gold Chaos, and a Stalled Middle East Are Rewriting the Rules of Investing

When the Shelter Becomes the Storm There is a particular kind of dread that spreads quietly through trading floors and…

6 months ago

BlackRock Warns of Hit to European Stocks From Energy Crisis — and This Time the Continent Has Fewer Exits

As the Strait of Hormuz closure triggers the largest supply disruption in oil market history, the world's largest asset manager…

7 months ago