Karachi’s trading floor went quiet for a half-second on June 15, 2026, then erupted. The State Bank of Pakistan had just held its policy rate at...
By March 2026, the architecture of domestic capital in South Asia has fundamentally shifted. Shariah-compliant deposits now capture over 26.5% of the total banking industry, an...
In early 2026, Arthur & Hayes, a mid-sized London accounting firm, quietly fired its bottom quintile of junior analysts. They replaced them not with offshore labour...
Washington no longer treats artificial intelligence as a Silicon Valley curiosity. By mid-2026, AI infrastructure has become the organizing principle of US economic and foreign policy,...
Jakarta’s recent charm offensive to lure back global capital hit an awkward snag late Wednesday, when MSCI Inc. explicitly flagged “limited transparency” as a structural obstacle in its...
Kevin Warsh sat through his first Federal Reserve meeting as chairman on June 17, 2026, and delivered exactly what the White House didn’t want. The Fed’s...
Wall Street has spent the better part of a decade trying to accurately price the cosmos. Now, fresh off the most capitalized public market debut in...
In a supermarket in Fuyang this past February, shoppers pushed carts past red lanterns and “Golden Horse Welcoming Spring” banners during China’s longest Lunar New Year...
Artificial intelligence no longer competes only in the realm of algorithms and capital. It competes for rivers, power grids, and the right to draw watts from...
The question Southeast Asia has been unable to answer for three years is straightforward: who speaks for the region when artificial intelligence terms get negotiated? On...