UK – GLOBAL MACRO INSIGHTS

The Great “Devaluation Trade”: When Safe Havens Aren’t So Safe, and Risk Isn’t So Risky

Beneath the daily whiplash of financial markets, a deeper shift may be underway. Investors are quietly rethinking what safety really means — and how to...

Trump Threatens Tariffs Over ‘Unfair’ Digital Taxes

US President Donald Trump has once again reached for his favourite blunt instrument: tariffs. This time, the United States is threatening new levies and export...

Europe’s Eternal Innocence: Still Clutching at American Coattails

Donald Trump has ordered an immediate freeze on all military aid to Ukraine, turning up the pressure on Volodymyr Zelensky just days after their disastrous...

Europe’s Endless Illusion: Still Waiting for the Americans

In the wake of the disastrous Oval Office showdown between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, European leaders scrambled to convene an emergency summit in London—a...

Europe on the Sidelines as Trump Stumbles into High-Stakes Russia Negotiations

The latest round of U.S.-Russia talks in Riyadh is a masterclass in diplomatic amateurism, with Donald Trump charging ahead in his self-proclaimed role as the...

The Transition to Clean Energy: The Big hypocrisy

It should come as no surprise that global electricity demand is skyrocketing as the world strives to electrify everything. Goodbye petrol cars, hello electric vehicles,...

Central Bank Chaos: Divergence, Uncertainty, and the Global Economic Rollercoaster

Central bankers and policymakers are gathering for one of the world’s most significant economic forums this week. They are expected to be more divided than...

Towards a global debt crisis?

Governments are increasingly meeting their fundraising needs by issuing debt, not only through regular auctions but also, increasingly, through syndicated sales involving paying fees to...

Divergence in monetary policy ahead

As national factors take precedence over global trends, divergences emerge among the monetary policies of major economies. Pioneering inflation targeting in the early 1990s, New...

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