Economic Insights

Sep 07, 2026

Sector Atlas 2026 The three-speed economy: How corporates navigate AI, geopolitics and fragmentation

A challenging but still holding macroeconomic backdrop

Sep 02, 2026

Central Bank Credibility as a risk: Why the ECB leads, the BoJ lags and the Fed and BoE are scrutinized

Central bank credibility is becoming a risk rather than a background condition

Sep 01, 2026

Ten top-of-mind questions on the bond market rout

The bond market dominates the financial news flow since summer.

Jul 30, 2026

Financial Literacy Pays: Smarter Investing Goes Beyond AI

Financial literacy is an important foundation for building, protecting and growing wealth over a lifetime, but it remains the exception.

Jul 29, 2026

Cracking finance: Why the quantum threat could arrive before the reward

Most technologies create value before they create problems, but quantum computing may break that pattern.

Jul 28, 2026

Diversification: Why bonds no longer hedge equities

The 60/40 portfolio has quietly stopped working.

Jul 23, 2026

The price of political fragility in Europe

With elections ahead in France, Spain, Greece, and Italy in 2027, political risk will be at the center of European government bond markets.

Jul 22, 2026

Trade war 3.0: A new, lasting tariff wall

With Section 122's flat 10% tariff expiring on 24 July, the switch to Section 301 and Section 338 tariffs will send the US average import tariff back above 2025's IEEPA-era level to 12.4%, up from a May low of 7.7%.

Jul 16, 2026

Cash at risk: Inventories are driving a new cycle of working capital strain

Days Inventory Outstanding now explains almost 80% of the CCC level and more than 80% of its change over 2014-2025.