Saudi: FlyAkeed raises $25.15mln in equity and business travel financing for large enterprises
The funding will primarily support a new embedded deferred payment offering that enables a larger segment of enterprises to settle travel invoices with more flexible
US private payrolls growth slows in August, ADP says
Private employment rose by 38,000 jobs last month. U.S. private payrolls increased moderately in August, the ADP National Employment Report showed on Wednesday. Private employment
European Clean Tech Atlas
The Atlas tracks Europe’s clean-tech transformation, showing how adoption, investment and industrial change are unfolding across the continent. Clean technologies are transforming Europe’s economy, energy
Europe’s long-term care gap: longevity risk and health uncertainty
Future EU long-term care demand hinges more on health trajectories than ageing alone, making prevention and healthy ageing central. This paper examines how uncertainty in
New evidence of strong but slow portfolio responses to equity premium changes
Standard portfolio theory predicts strong investor responses to changes in the equity premium, but empirical evidence has found much lower sensitivity. This column studies the
The implications of climate change for monetary policy
Climate change and the transition to net zero are reshaping the macroeconomy, with important implications for monetary policymakers’ core price-stability objectives. As physical hazards become
European banks and private markets: Mapping the linkages
The role of non-bank financial intermediaries in the financial system has increased markedly over recent decades. This column documents how the growth of private markets,
Global pension asset allocations and debt markets
Pension funds have traditionally invested in global bond markets which offer predictable income and support stable portfolios. This column documents a recent shift in pension
Budgeting for AI in education: What ministries need to know
Technology in education has long followed a familiar pattern: excitement about a new tool, followed by disappointment when it fails to live up to its
Beyond poverty: Why growing the middle class is a different challenge
The East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region has achieved one of the most remarkable economic transformations in history. In just a few decades, hundreds of
