Lebanon is a severe case of a broader problem: a legal barrier can remain intact while politics gradually changes ...

The atmosphere at New York Climate Week was one of possibility, with a focus on the opportunities for investors in a changing ...

The Plaza accord was signed by the US, Japan, West Germany, France and the UK at New York’s Plaza Hotel on 22 September 1985. The goal was clear: the dollar had become too strong, and a more orderly ...

US deficit and the dollar’s reserve status are not separate stories The International Monetary Fund’s 2026 External Sector ...

After decades of structural deprioritisation, defence financing has returned to the vanguard of public finance.

Fifteen years ago, a US technology firm was essentially a Nato firm, in the sense that it could raise capital across alliance ...

AMRO has set out the financing case for CMIM’s evolution within the global financial safety net. The agenda advanced here is its real-economy counterpart: balance sheets and coordinated financial ...

Chicago Fed president discusses persistent supply shocks, the pain of tightening and why independence matters more than ever Forecasters have pushed back the expected peak of US inflation five times ...

Disruption to global energy supplies has exposed the urgent need to phase out fossil fuels for sustainability as well as sovereignty concerns. Latin America, a region that depends on fossil fuels for ...

For a household facing high inflation or currency depreciation, moving savings into a dollar-backed stablecoin can be a perfectly rational decision. A digital wallet offers access to a ...