Just as he likes it, the global economy is reverberating to the threats, executive orders, and social media comments of US President Donald Trump,…

From fringe programmer interest just 15 years ago, cryptocurrencies are now a key component of the world’s economic landscape. It has been quite a…

Cryptocurrencies are having their best run ever since US President Donald Trump’s election victory at the end of 2024 when the new White House…

Time and again during this most recent war in Lebanon, we hear the phrase, “The battlefield has the final word”. It has become the sole and wholly…

At the time of writing, the death toll in Lebanon from the Israeli bombing was just shy of 3,000, with more than 13,000 wounded. More than 1,130…

Across the Middle East, there are six active conflict zones and other areas where tensions and grievances could ignite at any time. In such a…

Finally, the US Federal Reserve and its chairman, Jerome Powell, have reached the moment that the business and financial worlds have been waiting for…

These are not easy days for Jerome Powell, the chairman of the US Federal Reserve (aka the Fed). In the testy, anxious run-up to a vital presidential…

The promise of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is so revolutionary, and the dangers of its misuse so catastrophic, that the environmental…

Two key moments shaped this year’s summit of central bankers at the US resort of Jackson Hole, which is home to one of the biggest annual events on…