Brave New World

Stock Markets Celebrate Whilst Real Economy Mourns

Stock markets celebrate, ending November on record highs as cash poured into equities to deliver an early Christmas to investors.…

4 years ago

EY: Threats and Opportunities in a Post-Covid-19 Economic Context

A statement currently circulating on social media warns that "it is strange that certain world economies easily collapse when consumers…

4 years ago

UK Struggles with Economic Illiteracy as Crisis Worsens

Britons’ grasp of basic economics is tenuous at best and more likely than not, virtually inexistent. A report commissioned by…

4 years ago

Orban on Orbán: Cease and Desist, Your Position Is Untenable

Europe’s other ‘Orban’ sounds much more reasonable than the vociferous original one. Prime Minister Ludovic Orban of Romania yesterday chastised…

4 years ago

World Bank’s Vice President for Infrastructure: Now is the Time to Rethink Transport and Logistics

Covid-19 has had a huge impact on transport. The response to the pandemic, from social distancing to lockdown policies for…

4 years ago

Moderna Delivers Booster Shot for Wavering Markets

Equity markets received a potent booster shot on Monday and barrelled ahead on news that a vaccine developed by US…

4 years ago

Joe Biden No Panacea to Global Trade Troubles

The imminent departure from the White House of the self-styled dragon-slayer does not necessarily bode well for Chinese President Xi…

4 years ago

Fed Chair Powell: “Recovering to a Different Economy”

A river runs through it. President Christine Lagarde of the European Central Bank (ECB) argues that safely fording the ‘big…

4 years ago

Commissioner Gentiloni on EU Economy: Andante Ma Non Troppo

The V-shaped economic recovery expected to unfold next year is merely an illusion sourced from wishful thinking. Yesterday, EU Commissioner…

4 years ago

Investors Depart as Tech Stocks Come Under Assault

Zoom zonked out this week. Investors dumped shares in the videoconferencing service during a wholesale selloff that drove the company’s…

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