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A Chinese Trojan Horse for African Domination

By Patricia Heras Poza In 2018, the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) closed with President Xi Jinping’s famous pledge to provide $60 billion in...

The future performance of world currencies based on a burger

Can a burger tell us something about the future performance of the main world currencies? If the burger in question is a sort of...

Monetary Authorities VS Financial Markets

The next few months will be very delicate for the central institutions. After having exaggerated with the term temporariness, the markets - and investors - would not be tender in the face of a new misjudgment.

To Aid or not to Aid? The Taliban’s Requests Amid Sexist Policies

Can we separate economics and politics? The Taliban in Afghanistan seem to think so. The Taliban is a Sunni Islamist nationalist and pro-Pashtun movement...

US Inflation: rapid drop in sight?

There is probably a risk of becoming monotonous, but much of the explanation for the movement in the financial markets in recent weeks revolves...

External Debt: A Vicious Cycle With No Right Answers

Undertaking external debt—debt that is owed to foreign entities—is a common, effective, and sometimes dangerous strategy. Many countries use foreign lenders as a means...

Inflation and Monetary Policy: Two Sides of the Story

Inflation and monetary policy remain at the center of the economic debate, even in these last days of 2022. This could not be otherwise, ...

Outlook 2023: a Two-Speed year?

The last month of the year has arrived and, as usual, outlooks have started to snow on what is to come: what will 2023...

Bear Market and Long Recession: Roubini’s Latest Forecasts

For Nouriel Roubini, the amount of public and private debt is a boulder that can lead to a long recession and further downturns in...

Ukraine’s Economy Could Shrink by Up to 35%

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expressed concern at the beginning of this month that Ukraine's economic output could shrink by 35%. This is why...

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Still at War? Russia and Japan’s Lingering Conflict

On April 8th, the Kremlin spokesman stated that Russia sees no reason to pursue talks on a long-delayed peace treaty with Japan to officially...

The Response of the European Union to Trump’s Tariffs

From the start of President Trump’s “Liberation Day” and the subsequent tariff imposition on the European Union (EU), Europe has faced multiple rounds of...