global economy

There will be challenges aplenty but also opportunities. We should be cautious but not unduly pessimistic

Can Western policymakers match Brics leaders’ enthusiasm for digitisation and take steps to regulate digital dollars?

While the Fed itself is poised to deliver a quarter-point rate cut, the dawn of 2025 may give officials pause about the pace of further moves

There is an internal logic and an intuitive appeal to Trump’s proposals

It will be a difficult year for Southeast Asia but it need not be a bad year

Backlash against the dollar’s dominance gained traction in 2022 when the US led efforts to impose economic sanctions on Russia

It is going to be a rough ride

I might have missed out on some of the exciting returns, but I am still not suffering from Fomo trades

Equities in Hong Kong, China and South Korea retreated while shares in Australia edged higher. Japan’s Nikkei 225 climbed as tech shares rebounded on solid earnings from Tesla and SK Hynix.

Whether it is the coming presidential election, how America’s economy performs, what its central bank will do, how the USD will move or how much oil it could produce — all these matters greatly to us.