Illuminating Markets, Politics & Ideas
Culture
Mid-sized institutions are finding new life in unexpected places.
Across a dozen mid-sized American cities, a quiet renaissance is underway in arts funding. Municipal budgets, long the first casualty of fiscal tightening, have in several cases reversed course, restoring or expanding allocations to local museums, theaters, and music venues.
Culture
A close look at how cloud migration is reshaping the conversation around reinsurance markets across the Nordic markets.
By Chinedu Eze
Culture
A close look at how diplomatic channels is reshaping the conversation around privacy standards across Southern Africa.
By Yuki Tanaka
Culture
A close look at how border talks is reshaping the conversation around supply chains across the Atlantic.
By Rafael Costa
Markets
Policymakers leave rates unchanged but soften language on inflation, sending the ten-year lower and lifting risk assets in a measured, broad-based advance.
By Adaeze Okwuosa
Tech
Manufacturers warn the proposed restrictions could reshape global supply chains while demand for accelerators continues to climb.
By Marcus Hale
Business
Net interest margins expand even as deposit costs creep higher across the region.
By Sophie Lambert
Politics
Negotiators in three capitals are racing to lock in agreements before campaign rhetoric closes the window.
By Henrik Sørensen