Emerging markets caught in the crossfire
Emerging market central banks face a catch-22 where falling economic growth means they can’t maintain tight monetary conditions, but high inflation doesn’t allow them to...
A new headache for policymakers: the property markets
Rising interest rates combined with high household indebtedness worldwide could cause a general collapse in real estate markets. The case of Sweden is particularly interesting...
Europe needs 500 billion euros for 2023
The support measures for the energy crisis will be expensive for Europe. The problem with this is that unlike the past eight years, when the...
COP 27 or the European hypocrisy
At COP 27, the French President, Emmanuel Macron, made the apostle of the energy transition, proclaiming that the Ukrainian conflict will not postpone the measures...
La nouvelle géopolitique de l’Ukraine
Le bombardement de missiles du président Vladimir Poutine contre des dizaines de cibles civiles en Ukraine, y compris des infrastructures énergétiques critiques, marque une victoire...
The Europe misery
Winter in Europe is likely to be long and fatal for several governments, including the German coalition. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is struggling in the...
Why Ukraine cannot win the war
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 in the hope of a lightning victory and a government collapse in Kyiv, the Kremlin has had to revise...
L’Europe dans la tourmente
Les dommages économiques causés par l’arrêt des flux de gaz russes s’accumulent rapidement en Europe. Alors qu’une récession à l’échelle du continent semble désormais inévitable,...
Energy crisis and European chaos
Given the energy crisis the old continent is going through, the European Union has called for an emergency meeting of energy ministers. The awakening is...