Is Europe becoming uncompetitive?
According to a McKinsey Global Institute report, Europe-based big businesses invested 60% less in 2022 than their American counterparts and expanded at a rate of two-thirds slower...
Category : Economy
Kenya’s economic mess: Whom to blame?
President William Ruto’s now-withdrawn tax hikes as well as similar legislation passed in 2023 are both linked to IMF loans as Kenya staggers under the weight of a heavy debt crisis...
Indonesia’s future under Prabowo Subianto
Prabowo intends to raise the budget deficit cap, currently set by law at 3% of Indonesian GDP, as well as increase the government debt-to-GDP ratio from the current level of 38.11%...
Will remote work hurt office economy?
The worst-case scenario for workplaces depends on the continuation of high levels of remote work arrangements...
Lebanon’s economic woes deepen
A recurrence of the 2006 Lebanon War would exacerbate Lebanon's already precarious economic situation and result in a humanitarian catastrophe...
US Elections: Is Trump facing a conflict of interest?
Donald Trump says he will use his bully pulpit to promote his investment destinations, but he finds it difficult to go beyond that in terms of policy...
As UK escapes recession, what’s next?
The Bank of England now anticipates that the United Kingdom's GDP will increase by 0.5% this year, double the rate it predicted in February...
Stern test for US gig economy?
In their recent statements, Uber and the Flex Association—a trade association that advocates for gig economy businesses—said that the rule would not immediately affect their operations...
Charting Bidenomics’ future in an election year
The White House maintained that Bidenomics helping the US economy to add over 13 million jobs by June 2023...
Understanding currency fluctuations
One notable instance of the chaos sparked by unfavourable currency fluctuations is the ‘Asian Financial Crisis’ that commenced in the summer of 1997 due to the devaluation of the Thai baht...