Macro-economics

Trade Under Siege

Many thanks to Dr. John Bruni of SAGE International for his kind invitation to speak in "Trade Under Siege", the…

5 months ago

Weaker US dollar dents purchasing power and discretionary spending in Gulf

I was invited by Deepthi Nair for The National News to share comments on the impacts of a weaker US…

5 months ago

Chine: moteur ou menace pour l’économie mondiale?

C'était un plaisir de répondre aux questions de Jean-Baptiste Noé de la revue de géopolitique Conflits sur le thème "Chine:…

9 months ago

The Dollar-Renminbi tango: the impacts of Argentina’s potential dollarization on its relations with China

Versions of this article were originally published on October 13, 2023 by the Policy Center for the New South and…

2 years ago

Leaving Hong Kong for a fresh air of democracy in Mongolia

A version of this article was published in Swedish by Sweden's leading business daily Dagens Industri. It feels like I…

3 years ago

Credit ratings in China: pushing a narrative built in wonderland

On May 12, one of China’s largest property developers, Sunac China Holdings, admitted that it had defaulted on a $750…

3 years ago

Xi Jinping’s new economic policy: a case of killing the goose that lays the golden egg?

With the implementation of a new regulatory framework and a rise in coronavirus cases, China's economy has experienced a major…

4 years ago

Brazil, South Korea, and the middle-income trap

This article is a summary of the policy paper "Brazil, South Korea, and Global Value Chains: a Tale of Two…

5 years ago