Dollar slips as traders focus on Fed cut bets, risk sentiment improves
Markets pricing in Fed rate cuts for both October and December. The U.S. dollar slipped against a basket of peers on Wednesday after comments from
IMF sounds alarm about high global public debt, urges countries to build buffers
The IMF this week edged up its 2025 global growth forecast given a more benign impact from tariffs. Global public debt is projected to rise
Conditional budgeting: Striking a balance in EU economic governance
In July, the European Commission fired the starting gun on the negotiations of the next Multiannual Financial Framework – the EU’s budget. Against a tough
Bank specialization and the transmission of euro area monetary policy
Bank lending is a key channel through which monetary policy affects the real economy. This column explores how the effects of monetary policy on credit
The new curse of critical minerals
A race is raging among global powers to secure access to critical minerals to power the simultaneous energy and digital transitions the world is experiencing.
Global merchandise trade tops expectations in H1
WTO economists raised the 2025 merchandise trade growth forecast to 2.4%. Global merchandise trade outpaced expectations in the first half of 2025, driven by increased
Global trade remains strong despite policy changes, uncertainty: UNCTAD
Trade in both goods and services recorded solid gains compared with the first quarter. Global trade expanded by about $500 billion in the first half
How the United States is eating Trump’s tariffs
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said tariffs accounted for perhaps 30-40 basis points of the latest core inflation reading of 2.9% but the effect should be
U.S. China trade tensions send Aussie sliding 1%, boost safe havens
Aussie slides as investors flock to safe-havens, yen strenghtens. The Australian dollar tumbled on Tuesday, while the safe-haven Swiss franc and Japanese yen strengthened as
Gold leaps above $4,100 on Fed rate cut hopes, US-China trade tension
Fed Chair Powell to address NABE annual meeting on Tuesday. Gold prices jumped to a record high above $4,100 on Tuesday, supported by rising expectations
