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Econographics Jul 8, 2024
By Clara Falkenek
As NATO gathers for its summit in Washington, 23 of 32 allies now meet the 2 percent GDP defense spending target, highlighting a collective effort to strengthen the Alliance and support Ukraine.
Econographics Jul 3, 2024
By Sophia Busch, Charles Lichfield
The results of the first round of the French snap election led to diverging reactions in bond yields and stock prices.
Econographics Jun 17, 2024
By Josh Lipsky, Alisha Chhangani
In the last four months alone, India has added over twenty-four metric tons to its reserves—more than what the country had purchased in all of 2023.
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In-depth analysis of economic and financial trends in the Chinese economy.
Research and analysis on the intersection of technology and policy developments in finance.
Monthly analysis of global sanctions regimes—highlighting new listings, delistings, and the motivations behind these changes.
Sinographs
By Hung Tran
The communiqué of the Third Plenum of the CCP Central Committee lacks major policy initiatives to address the country’s near-term growth challenges.
Econographics
By Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou
The changing nature of the global economy is forcing these institutions to take a renewed look at their governance structure and mandates. This is not the first time they have had to do so.
By Stanley Zhengxi Wu
As a “connector economy” bridging the supply chains between United States and China, Vietnam is being courted by both powers. How can the US pull Vietnam closer to its side?
Saudi Arabia approaches the petrodollar remains an important harbinger of the financial future to come.
Fintech Frontlines
By Carole House
US digital policy must be aimed at improving national security, defending human freedom, dignity, and economic growth while ensuring necessary accountability for the integrity of the technological bedrock.
The challenge to Modi in the next five years is to carry out a balancing act between maintaining the recent growth momentum and making it more inclusive by providing regular employment.
AfricaSource
By Benjamin Mossberg
Easing sanctions on Dan Gertler gives Washington the opportunity to show that its sanctions policy toward Africa can be effective.
By Sophia Busch, Josh Lipsky
President Biden has announced 100 percent tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. The challenge is developing a united strategy with G7 allies.
By Jeremy Mark
Beijing’s property measures are a drop in the ocean
And the renminbi’s is larger.
And why payment bans alone aren’t sufficient.
By Oleg Dunda
$280 billion of Russian reserves can be used more strategically–without crossing red lines–to get funding to Ukraine.
The Letta report emphasizes transforming the EU's fragmented markets by prioritizing harmonization over new financial products, but achieving this requires a significant and sustained effort.
By Charles Lichfield, Mrugank Bhusari
The United States is pushing the G7 to consider a sovereign loan of $50 billion to Ukraine which would be repaid using the interest income on blocked Russian assets. Where does this $50 billion figure come from?
By Lesley Chavkin, Eitan Danon, and Sigal Mandelker
We cannot expect to compete on the world stage without equipping the US civil service with the skills and experience needed to understand and harness the technological trends that will define the future. But if we want our best and brightest—our most ambitious and innovative—women and men to pursue federal service, we have to do a better job of proactively making the case why.
In an era marked by geopolitical tensions, the yen's depreciation underscores the broader economic fallout from a persistently strong dollar and rising US interest rates.
By Walter Frick
Industrial policy is making a comeback around the world. There’s no better sign of this than the new attention paid to subsidies by bastions of the Washington consensus like the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has historically been very skeptical of them.
