Increased priority on security of power supply might see some countries continue to rely on fossil fuels
Total economic and financial insulation is an impossibility
The designate chair has signalled a willingness to take the central bank’s balance sheet into account when setting monetary policy
Exit represents a rejection of the production-control system dominated in recent years by Saudi Arabia
The crypto tokens are not yet safe enough to be used at scale in the settlement of large, wholesale financial transactions
For 30 years, every oil shock broke Latin American bonds. This one didn’t
The risk to US banks is real in theory but difficult to realise in practice
Rising prices risk deepening the country’s deflationary trap rather than providing any escape from it
The Middle East war should accelerate a shift to renewable power sources
Tokenisation is taking hold in areas including money, bonds, gold, funds, real estate and private equity
The current outdated system was designed for a very different era
In a global market for crude, Asian buyers are vacuuming up supplies, raising prices for Europe and America
A rise in the equity market’s fear gauge is usually a signal of a rally to come
The volatility of gilts is a big problem for the country and must be tackled
Country risks missing next phase of mainstream adoption now under way
As Opec members have long understood, it is not a good idea to give users of your product an incentive to find alternatives
The country is rapidly moving up the global ranks as an exporter of knowledge-intensive products
Repeated cost shocks make a transition to cleaner energy critical
Reforming the capital regime would unlock meaningful lending capacity and strengthen Britain’s competitiveness
Reducing the world’s dependency on the dollar is in the interest of every country that buys energy, issues debt or trades
The precious metal has suffered a sell-off during the Middle East war but the outlook is more positive
Portfolio management should be based more on themes such as innovation
More frequent asset valuations can boost market resilience and investor confidence
The UK’s central bank is making a Maradona-like feint with hawkish monetary policy signals
The choices in dealing with market volatility depend on your circumstances
