Understanding the Rise in Long-Term Rates
The rise in long-term US interest rates has become a focus of global macro-financial concerns. The nominal yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury has increased...
Author : Nelli Avetisyan
The Consequences of the Mass Investment Platforms (by Hayk Khekoyan)
By January 11 not as many people had heard about the American company Gamestop as they have today. As of January 11 Gamestop cost around...
One emerging-market worry gives way to another
Despite their supposed dynamism, emerging markets often struggle to escape their past. A few months ago, investors worried that this year would turn out to...
Why Europe Is Hard on Big Tech
It may be a choice to make rules for technology too early rather than too late. Europe is the global capital of tech backlash. The...
Welcome to the YOLO Economy
Burned out and flush with savings, some workers are quitting stable jobs in search of postpandemic adventure. Something strange is happening to the exhausted, type-A...
EM issuers raise record $191bn on foreign debt markets in early 2021
Governments and companies in developing nations borrowed on foreign markets at a record pace in early 2021, but investors say the risks are mounting as...
Economic recovery masks the dangers of a divided world
The big story from the recent meetings of the IMF and the World Bank is that the world economy is recovering substantially more quickly than...
Europe Proposes Strict Rules for Artificial Intelligence
The European Union unveiled strict regulations on Wednesday to govern the use of artificial intelligence, a first-of-its-kind policy that outlines how companies and governments can...
The Taper Next Door: Bank of Canada Cuts Bond Purchases by 25%. Total Assets Drop by 13%. Rate Hikes Moved Forward, Possibly July 2022
The Bank of Canada, which already holds over 40% of all outstanding Government of Canada (GoC) bonds – compared to the Fed, which holds less than 18%...
Microsoft Earnings Next Week Could Drive the Stock to a New Record
We’re now less than a week away from Microsoft’s March quarter earnings report, and the Street is getting jazzed about an extension of the company’s...