It has been a banner year for fossil-fuel, metals and agricultural markets. For many commodity traders, the boom in prices has had an unexpected effect: a credit crunch that is…
As American agents in Central Asia used to say, “happiness is multiple pipelines”. The Americans were trying to finance and build routes around Russia’s geopolitical lock on fossil fuel transport….
For centuries now, gold has consistently attracted more investors and higher demand in comparison to the other precious metals. Demand per year outweighs 3,000 billion tonnes, with China and India…
The rapid rise in prices for raw materials has reversed a decades-long decline in the cost of solar energy, denting investor interest in the sector following a record rally…
COVID-19 accelerated a major shift in working relations with new and elaborate definitions and notions such as smart working. Smart working stands for an employment relationship agreed between the parties,…
European banks need to prepare their balance sheets for the risk of pandemic-induced non-performing loans hitting them in the New Year, the head of the EU agency tasked with winding…
The chairmen of UBS Group AG and Credit Suisse Group AG are exploring a potential merger to create one of Europe’s largest banks, Inside Paradeplatz reported, citing unidentified people inside…
Today, the European Commission has put forward its proposal for a major recovery plan. To ensure the recovery is sustainable, even, inclusive and fair for all Member States, the European…
Per Capita Incomes to Shrink in All Regions The swift and massive shock of the coronavirus pandemic and shutdown measures to contain it have plunged the global economy into a…
Accurate and timely economic data are crucial for informing policy decisions, especially during a crisis. But the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the production of many key statistics. Without reliable data,…
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