Leading the Way for Future Growth
Japan, with its huge debt and the yen’s slide, is bidding to be the star of the biggest economic and financial crisis in human history. The political career of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is sinking almost as fast as the yen these days — and the two developments are closely linked. The yen has …
The new tariffs imposed by the administration of US President Donald Trump are expected to cost American consumers and businesses more than $100 billion annually, according to new economic estimates, as Washington escalates its protectionist trade policy again. The new tariff policy is being implemented at a time when international markets are already being tested …
China’s banking system is the largest in the world, with assets of $70.3 trillion – more than those of the US and the European Union combined. Officially, “non-performing loans” (NPLs) do not exceed 1.52%. However, the reality of the Chinese economy – with house prices having fallen by 23% since 2021, new prices falling for …