Russia’s economy entered 2026 in genuinely fragile shape. Growth is projected at just 0.4% for the year, worse than 2025’s 1% expansion, which itself narrowly avoided...
China’s headline growth numbers still look respectable at first glance. GDP expanded 4.3% year-on-year in the June quarter, down from 5.0% in the first quarter, bringing...
When the Trump administration’s tariff regime rattled export-dependent Asian economies in 2025, Malaysia’s finance ministry response stood out for its composure. “We didn’t panic,” the finance...
Singapore has spent the past two years becoming one of the primary beneficiaries of the global AI infrastructure buildout, alongside Taiwan’s semiconductor sector. The city-state’s role...
Dubai’s transformation from oil-adjacent trading post to global capital hub is no longer a talking point — it is a measurable trend. The emirate’s newly launched...
American payrolls contracted by 23,000 in July, a stunning miss against consensus expectations of an 80,000 gain, while the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1% —...
The UK economy is sending genuinely mixed signals heading into autumn 2026, and the next six weeks will determine which signal wins out. Economists expect official...
Islamabad’s macro dashboard is, on paper, the healthiest it has been in years. Real GDP expanded 3.7% in FY2025–26, foreign exchange reserves have strengthened, the current...
The Pakistan Stock Exchange delivered a historic comeback in 2025. The KSE-100 index delivered a total return of 51.2 percent in 2025, with banking and cement...
Pakistan opened its new fiscal year with its strongest July export performance on record, and the IMF is projecting the country’s best-ever full-year export total for...