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Recent patterns in global risk behaviour in financial markets

GLOBAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE MAGAZINE
August 13, 2025
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Following the US tariff announcements in early April, the US dollar strongly depreciated while US Treasury yields rose. This column zooms in on the April episode, analysing the co-movement of asset prices with an estimated market ‘safe-haven factor’. It shows that the co-movement of the US dollar with the ‘safe-haven factor’ changed in April, and […]

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Uncertain times in Lebanon: How policy shocks ripple through MENA markets

GLOBAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE MAGAZINE
June 20, 2025
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Despite its small size, Lebanon’s chronic crises send financial shockwaves across the Middle East and North Africa. This column uses a Twitter-based index of economic policy uncertainty to track Lebanon’s instability and shows that it transmits financial shocks to seven MENA economies, with spillovers are strongest for Egypt, Jordan, and smaller Gulf states. Real-time policy […]