Leading the Way for Future Growth
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 …
Last month, Jamison Greer, a top U.S. trade official, complained that Pix, Brazil’s instant payments system, was putting American companies like Visa and Mastercard at a disadvantage. The United States has proposed a 25 percent tariff on Brazil in response. But Brazilians appear unfazed. “Pix is a Brazilian achievement and we are not going to …
The global economy is now walking a tightrope, poised to sink into a nightmarish stagflationary universe. The “weapon” of oil, which historically has brought down empires, is being put to use again after the outbreak of war in the Strait of Hormuz. There has been no substantive agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as …