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China’s Economy in 2025: Resilience Amid Headwinds as GDP Hits 5% Target Despite Q4 Slowdown

On a gray January morning in Shenzhen, the production lines at BYD’s sprawling electric vehicle plant hum with algorithmic precision—robotic arms fitting battery cells, workers in crisp uniforms monitoring quality control dashboards. Sixty kilometers north, in the dormant construction zones of Evergrande’s unfinished Guangzhou towers, cranes stand motionless against the skyline, monuments to China’s protracted…

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Geo-Economic Confrontation: The World’s Top Risk in 2026 and What It Means for Global Stability

On a cold January morning in 2026, a container ship idled outside Rotterdam’s harbour, its cargo of semiconductors and rare earth minerals caught in the crossfire of the latest transatlantic trade dispute. Inside those steel boxes lay the raw materials for everything from smartphones to solar panels—products now subject to a bewildering array of tariffs,…

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How Troubled Is the Iranian Economy?

The shopkeeper in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar no longer bothers checking the official exchange rate. Every morning, he opens his phone to WhatsApp groups where the real price of the dollar flickers like a fever chart—120,000 rials one hour, 135,000 the next, sometimes 150,000 by afternoon. “The number doesn’t matter anymore,” he tells a regular customer,…

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The West’s Last Chance: Building a New Global Order

The drone strikes came at dawn. On a January morning in 2026, another wave of Russian missiles arced across Ukrainian skies, while in Khartoum, the sound of artillery fire echoed through emptied streets as Sudan’s civil war ground into its third year. In Gaza, the fragile ceasefire negotiated months earlier showed fresh signs of strain….

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The Hidden Cost of AI ‘Workslop’: Why Professionals Are Creating It — and How Organisations Can Stop It

On a frigid Tuesday morning in January, a senior product manager at a Fortune 500 technology company opened what appeared to be a thoughtful three-page strategy memo from her colleague. The formatting was impeccable. The executive summary promised “actionable insights.” But as she read deeper, something felt wrong. The prose was oddly verbose yet strangely…

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The “Breezy” Subpoena: How a Friendly Email Dismantled the Fed’s Wall of Independence

It started not with a bang, nor a constitutional crisis declared from the briefing room podium, but with a casual, almost collegiate email. “The letter couldn’t have been nicer,” a Justice Department official reportedly quipped. Sent by an Assistant U.S. Attorney to the Federal Reserve’s general counsel, the message suggested they just “hop on a…

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UK Economy Defies Expectations: How Industrial Production Powered November’s Surprising 0.3% Growth

UK economy grows 0.3% in November 2024, beating forecasts as industrial production surges. Expert analysis reveals what this means for 2026 growth, Bank of England policy, and your financial future. UK Economy Growth November 2024 Key Highlights: Here’s something that doesn’t happen often in British economic data: genuine surprise. On a grey January morning, the…

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DBS Hits S$1 Billion AI Value Milestone — But Agentic AI Poses Talent Challenges for Singapore Banks

DBS Bank achieves record S$1 billion in AI economic value for 2025, yet agentic artificial intelligence raises critical talent challenges across Singapore’s banking sector. At precisely 8:47 a.m. on a humid November morning in Singapore’s Marina Bay financial district, a corporate treasurer at a mid-sized logistics firm receives a notification from her DBS banking app….

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China’s Record $1.2 Trillion Trade Surplus in 2025 Defies Trump Tariffs — And Signals a New Global Order

Beijing’s strategic pivot to Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America pays dividends as Chinese exporters outmaneuver US trade barriers On a humid January morning at Shenzhen’s Yantian Port, one of the world’s busiest container terminals, the rhythmic clang of cranes loading shipping containers tells a story that Washington policymakers didn’t anticipate. Despite President Donald Trump’s…

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Are America’s Tariffs Here to Stay? One Year Into Trump’s Second Term

One year into President Donald Trump’s second term, the landscape of global trade has undergone a profound transformation. The United States, long the steward of the post-1945 liberal economic order, has pivoted decisively toward a protectionist stance. Tariffs—once deployed selectively—have become a central instrument of economic statecraft, applied broadly to adversaries and allies alike. Average…

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