Booming trade flows with Russia’s neighbors may be a sign that sanctions imposed in the wake of Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine are being avoided, according to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Egypt is in the throes of a familiar crisis; the currency has plunged, foreign-exchange is in short supply and living costs have soared. It’s a once-a-decade experience that’s made the country the International Monetary Fund’s second-biggest borrower after Argentina.
While bond investors are betting that the Bank of Japan will tweak its much-debated yield-curve control policy, they still see new Governor Kazuo Ueda sticking with negative rates for now.
Everything from energy security to medical treatment would be at risk — and Brexit has left the UK with fewer options than other western countries.
Passenger loads at China’s top three airlines are rebounding as travel picks up again, boosted by people flying back to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year holidays and celebrating the chance to reunite with families and friends after nearly three years of Covid restrictions.
China’s fiscal revenue recovery will likely be soft this year, according to Finance Minister Liu Kun, who warned this week of “outstanding conflicts” between income and spending.
New Zealand is still searching for people missing in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle amid fears the death toll will continue to climb.
The price of a full English breakfast has soared to a record high even as the UK’s overall rate of inflation slows.
Spaniards paid more to cook their beloved paella in January as the price of rice, oil and seafood continued to climb strongly even after the government slashed taxes on food staples.
Neel Sachdev has a reputation for going above and beyond to ensure his private equity clients get what they want. The power the London lawyer wields over Europe’s $2 trillion buyout market is testament to that, and a reflection of the dominant debt finance practice he has built at US law firm Kirkland & Ellis over the past decade.
