global economy

With less than a month left in 2020, broking firms, analysts and market economists start releasing their crystal-ball predictions for 2021. Most of these predictions are fairly stock-standard, such as “Goldman Sachs expects the S&P 500 to surge 19% from Monday’s close to 4,300 by the end of 2021, with gains tacking on an additional…

The EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities In March 2018, the European Commission adopted an action plan on sustainable finance as part of a strategy to integrate environmental, social and governance considerations into its financial policy framework and mobilize finance for sustainable growth. In May 2018, the Commission released the first legislative package under the action…

Video games have traditionally been associated with laziness, requiring someone to stay at home in a dark room when they could be doing more ‘productive’ things with their lives. How things have changed! The 2019 Fortnite World Championships attracted 40 million entrants chasing a US$30 million ($41 million) prize pool, with the finals televised in front…

Over the last year, 10-year German Bund yields have gradually declined. Investor sentiment deteriorated over the course of this period as the US-China trade dispute dragged on, taking global growth down with it.

Global consumer and business confidence have diverged, a trend that started in 2018. It is otherwise pretty rare, only occurring two other times over the last 30-plus years.