Economy

Trump’s Self-Defeating Attacks on the Fed

Finances Michael R. Strain - April 23, 2026.

US President Donald Trump has three goals for the Federal Reserve: He wants a new chair; he wants the current chair, Jerome Powell, off the...

Iran war warns that digital infrastructure is a security question

Technology Soňa Muzikárová - April 22, 2026.

The Iranian strikes on data centers in the Gulf have revealed a vulnerability that many wanted to ignore. The infrastructure underpinning AI, cloud computing, and other...

The myth of the commodity shock: global money supply is soaring again

Finances Daniel Lacalle - April 20, 2026.

Global money supply is soaring again, while money velocity remains depressed and uneven across regions. This highlights a key point: commodities transmit relative price signals, but...

The end of neutral financing – how the role of the World Bank is changing

Economy Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - April 19, 2026.

This week, at the Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank, Washington clearly set the direction: development financing is no longer a neutral...

A new era of communication infrastructure

Technology Elise Quevedo - April 19, 2026.

When Amazon makes a large investment announcement in satellite infrastructure, we pay attention. Last year, Goldman Sachs projected the global satellite market would exceed $100...

The World Needs an Oil Buyers’ Club

Energy Isabella M. Weber - Gregor Semieniuk - April 18, 2026.

The US blockade of maritime traffic entering and leaving Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz—a critical waterway through which Iran was previously preventing the...

Istanbul does not need to be Dubai; being Istanbul is enough

Turkey Emre Alkin - April 18, 2026.

Last week, we witnessed lively – at times shallow – debates about whether Istanbul and Turkey’s major cities could attract the capital fleeing Middle East...

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