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Egypt’s economy: 2025 tests and 2026 bets

Debt is colossal but there are promising indicators, not least in inflation, legal reforms, the sale of government assets, and monetary stability. Will these green shoots be allowed to grow and bloom?

Marcelle Nasr 10 January 2026
Al Majalla

Revaluing US gold reserves comes with pros and cons

Fort Knox's undervalued bullion could help the nation with its debt if it is given a more up-to-date price tag, some say. Others think it could lead to a global monetary realignment.

Toufic Chanbour 07 November 2025
A customer receives the new $5 ZiG, short for Zimbabwe Gold, coins as change from a cashier in a leading supermarket in Harare on April 30, 2024. Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP

Perception and price inflation: two sides of the same coin

Psychology shapes economic behaviour, with effects as wide-ranging as a run on a bank to a long-term investment. Today, the value of money rests as much on public belief as on policy.

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 06 October 2025
Economists and central bankers converge on Jackson Hole in Wyoming every year. Ahead of the US election, all eyes are on the Fed. Eduardo Ramon

For a view from the central banker’s chair, head to Jackson Hole

If filmmakers flock to Cannes, and billionaires dovetail at Davos, then economists and central bankers make for Jackson Hole in Wyoming. Ahead of US elections, all eyes are on the Federal Reserve

Khaled Kassar 18 August 2024

Can the GCC realise its economic integration dream?

On the 42nd anniversary of GCC's creation, the comprehensive unity and economic integration of the Gulf states is still underway and subject to the removal of bureaucratic and legal obstacles

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 19 May 2023

The War and the International Monetary System

As seen with Russia, the exclusion from the world monetary system seems to be a favorite choice of western countries to combat hostile powers. In the past months, US, UK and EU announced the removal…

Saif Al Abri 08 April 2022
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Why Israel's strike in northern Syria surprised Damascus

20 August 2026

Shaibani held several calls with the Mossad chief days before the strike, explaining why the airport's runway was being rehabilitated and that it had no hostile intentions, but Israel bombed it anyway

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Why Israel's outsized influence on global tech is worrying

19 August 2026

From Apple's chips to Nvidia's data centres, Israeli tech has embedded itself in the global tech ecosystem. This comes with grave national security implications.

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Ahmed al-Sharaa: the next battle

20 August 2026

Balancing the competing interests of regional and global stakeholders is no easy task. Can the president keep Syria from becoming an arena for regional conflict?

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Why bond markets are unnerving rich-world politicians

20 August 2026

As stocks rise ever higher, yields have been climbing ominously

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