In these final days of 2024, a form of revolution is unfolding before our eyes – and not just in the US or the Middle East. France and Germany, Europe’s main axis, are in deep trouble. The threat to democracy

Contrary to many expectations, the US elections produced a prompt and unambiguous result. The president-elect and his Republican party were effectively given a blank cheque, with a majority in both the Senate and House of Representatives. It thus appears likely

The final days of September saw a series of stimulus measures be announced by Chinese authorities, catching the financial world by surprise and triggering a sharp rally in the –undervalued – local stock market. The fact that Beijing has decided

Equity market volatility stepped up in August, reflecting a still highly uncertain economic and geopolitical backdrop. The outcome of the US presidential election – now less than two months away – is a particular focus in this regard. On the

July proved an eventful month, to say the least. The assassination attempt on Donald Trump, shortly followed by US President Biden’s decision not to run for re-election, somewhat eclipsed an important development in China, where the ruling Communist Party decided

The latest political developments in the UK and France are two sides of a same coin: a vote of no confidence in prior leadership, considerable (albeit less than feared) gains by extreme right “protectionist” parties, and broad-based hopes for increased

What if the ongoing stock market rally, which has now virtually wiped out the normal risk premium on equities, were due to a “trickle-up” effect of all the money created during (and after) the Covid crisis? Such is the thesis

For now, Western central banks are sticking to their 2% inflation target. Getting there without causing a recession could, however, prove difficult. The combination of second-round effects (whereby higher wages are passed on to consumer prices), a tight labour market

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Just when the major financial actors had lowered and postponed their rate cut expectations, better aligning them with Federal Reserve and European Central Bank projections, the Swiss National Bank surprised everyone by cutting its policy rate by 0.25% on 21