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Nov 29, 20203 min read
Internationalising the Yuan: The Renminbi’s growing role in global financial markets
China has been taking significant steps in a bid to internationalise the yuan. The launch of new yuan-denominated copper futures this...
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Nov 29, 20203 min read
A Disillusioned Democratic Base - is there trouble brewing?
On the 7th of November 2020, one half of America collectively let out a huge sigh of relief when Joe Biden, Vice President for the Obama...
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Nov 16, 20203 min read
Are the Tides Turning on the Lira? - Political shake-up sparks hope for the drowning currency
The Turkish Lira has been gasping for air, as it struggles not getting swallowed up by the predatory double-digit inflation haunting the...
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Nov 16, 20202 min read
What a Biden Presidency means for Climate Change
The infamous climate change denier Donald Trump announced in 2017 that he would take the US out of the Paris Climate Change Agreement...
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Nov 16, 20203 min read
Neo-Colonialism in Africa? The Chinese Belt and Road Initiative
China is exerting a new form of colonialism on the African continent and it is being largely unopposed. The Chinese Belt and Road...
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Nov 16, 20202 min read
Lael Brainard – Making the centre hold
Lael Brainard may be your favourite economic advisor’s economic advisor. Now, she is the top contender for Biden’s Secretary of Treasury....
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Nov 2, 20202 min read
Biden and Trump’s Economic Plan: A Comparison
With the impact of the pandemic on the economy, the economic agendas of the candidates in the 2020 US general election have become...
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Nov 2, 20203 min read
‘Dual Circulation’: The economic direction of china in the era of unilateralism
Since the President of China, Xi Jinping, first proposed the concept of a ‘dual circulation’ economic model in May of this year, analysts...
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Nov 2, 20203 min read
What a ‘Blue Wave’ Win Could Mean for US Equity Markets
This coming Tuesday, the US goes to vote for its 59th quadrennial presidential election. Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate, is...
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Oct 26, 20202 min read
It’s China’s World, We Are Just Living in It
After months of bleak news, most of the world may be counting the days for this year to finally end. In Europe, the feeble recovery after...
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Oct 19, 20202 min read
Is the Russian rouble a new US election barometer?
Recently, Bloomberg likened the performance of the Russian rouble to a barometer measuring President Trump’s chances of re-election in...
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