Economics
U.S. Firms and Consumers Absorb the Brunt as Trump’s Tariff Regime Backfires
Since the renewed imposition of sweeping import tariffs in early 2025, America’s business community and consumers have increasingly borne the hidden tax burden. The expectation that foreign exporters would shoulder the cost has proven largely illusory. Instead, costs are being passed down the...
Global Aviation Faces Record Cost Crunch as Supply Bottlenecks Push Airlines Toward $11 Billion Hit
Global airlines are heading into 2025 weighed down by an estimated $11 billion in additional expenses as the world’s aviation supply chain continues to buckle under the strain of persistent production delays, maintenance bottlenecks, and component shortages. What was once dismissed as a temporary...
UK’s Largest Investment Platform Says Bitcoin Lacks Intrinsic Value and Income Potential, Rejects It as an Asset Class
The United Kingdom’s largest retail investment platform, “Hargreaves Lansdown (HL)”, has issued a sharp and analytical rebuke to growing crypto enthusiasm, asserting that “Bitcoin does not qualify as an asset class” and should not form part of a conventional investment portfolio. The warning comes...
Trump Tightens the Noose: New U.S. Tariffs Escalate Trade War with China
President Donald Trump has intensified the U.S.–China trade conflict with a sweeping escalation of tariffs and export controls that signal a renewed and more aggressive phase of confrontation. Beneath the headline moves lies a nuanced strategy intended to recalibrate economic leverage, penalize...
Industrial Giants in Retreat as Russia’s War-Driven Economy Falters
In recent months, several of Russia’s most powerful industrial firms have quietly begun furloughing employees, trimming workweeks, and laying off nonessential staff. Once lauded pillars of the war economy, companies in railways, automobiles, metals, coal, diamonds, and cement are now feeling the...
China Tightens Control Over Critical Minerals, Reshaping Global Tech and Trade Dynamics
China’s latest expansion of export restrictions on rare earth elements and processing technologies delivers a forceful signal: Beijing is turning its dominance in critical minerals into a strategic weapon in global competition. The new rules, announced ahead of high-stakes trade talks, are poised...
Private Credit Redirects Flow from Developed Markets to Emerging Frontiers
In recent months, private credit—once synonymous with Western corporate finance—has embarked on a pronounced pivot, directing capital toward emerging markets. The transformation reflects deeper shifts in yield demands, institutional constraints in developed markets, and a strategic rebalancing...
Sweden becomes the most popular IPO destination in Europe
Sweden is the leading venue for initial public offerings in Europe for 2025, as reported by Bloomberg. Since the start of the year, IPOs totaling $6.8 billion have been announced in Stockholm. This week, the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange will see the biggest European IPO since 2022, when German car...
Goldman Sachs raises copper price forecast to $10,500 per ton in 2026
Goldman Sachs analysts have increased their copper price prediction for next year to $10,500 per ton from a prior forecast of $10,000 per ton, according to The Wall Street Journal. This is prompted by supply disruptions from Freeport-McMoRan's Grasberg mine in Indonesia, alongside a softer US...
ECB Chief Economist sees Eurozone inflation outlook favorable
Philip Lane, Chief Economist of the European Central Bank (ECB), states that the chances of a major acceleration or deceleration of inflation in the Eurozone are low. He issued this remark while engaged in a conversation in Frankfurt. He stated that inflation in the Eurozone is improbable to drop...
