More and more countries are going into lock down mode to “flatten the curve” or slow down the spread of COVID-19 to levels that can be...

For Freezone establishments, creating a ‘win-win’ strategy to distinguish from competition does not mean slashing company setup costs.

India will be issuing foreign currency debt, a move criticized by many including former RBI Gov Rajan. Here is our take on why we favor this

No, the govt is not going to rescue India's Non Banking Financial Company (NBFCs). If they have let ILFS, which had LIC and SBI as its...

Find out what the markets are watching closely and how global developments shape monetary & fiscal policy in the MENA and globally.

Over the last few years, I have had the chance to meet some amazing entrepreneurs and investors. Due to the immense learning from those...

Currently, South Asia is grappling with issues, solutions to which might well be in the domain of economic cooperation as well. This has...

PM May's speech at the annual Tory party conference is being viewed as a massive change in policy direction. In a populist speech, in...

Well it is becoming increasingly clear that the initial impact of Brexit or more strictly the announcement of a Brexit will not bring...

One of the principal options the UK could go down is the so-called Norway option. This involves membership of the European Economic Area...

Non-performing loans (NPLs) to gross loans ratio was higher in MENA (4.6%) than the average calculated for the World as a whole (4.1%)...

Before the uncertainty surrounding the EU referendum vote and then shock related to a leave vote, the UK economy was already slowing....

One subject that I will return to regularly and in some depth will  be the appropriate macro policy for the UK economy. During the global...

Before the new British PM gets down to business and faces all the issues concerning Brexit and more specifically the Trident vote...

Before the global financial crisis, financial regulation largely took the form of microprudential policies and centered on monitoring...

A recent topical joke going around social media imagines that the next James Bond movie will just be a 2-hour long shot of him waiting in...

Persistently higher crude oil prices - over US$100/bbl until as recently as 2014 - made it lucrative for the 'expensive' shale oil...

Last week, Saudi Arabia approved the National Transformation Program (NTP) that outlines policy initiatives crucial to the success of the...