Critical week for global economy as banks expected to issue warnings over conflict driving up prices Source: theguardian.com

Electric vehicle sales are surging in many markets as conflict drives up the cost of running petrol and diesel vehicles. Source: aljazeera.com

The conflict in the Middle East dimmed income expectations and hopes for a tentative economic rebound this year amid surging energy prices. Source: wsj.com

Readers discuss Southeast Asia’s role in the artificial intelligence economy, and patients’ access to Chinese medicine in public hospitals and elderly homes. Source: scmp.com

Former Bank of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane joins Merryn Somerset Webb to unpack why the UK may feel poorer, more fragile and seemingly out of options — despite sitting on untapped wealth and world-class innovation. From tough fiscal trade-offs and rising taxes to the surprising strength of private balance sheets, he argues the UK’s […]

A true leader should ensure his reputation is greater than his strength, to paraphrase the 16th century strategy-wrangler Niccolo Machiavelli. By sacking all those who failed to stop him making his disastrous appointment of Peter Mandelson as Washington ambassador, Keir Starmer has squandered that asset. His credentials as a straight-dealing technocrat were his A-game. Having […]