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Who calls the shots on US federal rates

Central bankers are the high priests of high finance. That’s because they control high-powered money, commonly known as the monetary base, or the...

02.09.2025 10

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Andrew Sheng New Delhi

AI and the contest of the century

The arrival of Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics and new technology has been heralded as a game-changer. But how will it unfold, and who will be...

09.06.2025 20

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Andrew Sheng New Delhi

Can gold be an alternative to the American dollar?

Wall Street pundits and investors are schizophrenic about the dollar. The dollar weakened after Moody’s cut the US credit rating by one notch from...

27.05.2025 10

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Andrew Sheng New Delhi

Why 4.22 per cent can’t dictate to the rest

After global ministers of finance and central bankers met for the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington at the end of April, the buzz is the...

12.05.2025 10

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Andrew Sheng New Delhi

Global system shakeup, courtesy Trump

Chaotic as it seems, Donald Trump’s tariff war and subsequent walk-backs are a deadly serious attempt by his team to address what they perceive as...

29.04.2025 10

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Andrew Sheng New Delhi

Hello to tariffs will mean goodbye, dollar profits

April Fool’s Day was on 1 April, but the next day, US President Trump unleashed Liberation Day, imposing tariff rates of 10 per cent on UK,...

14.04.2025 10

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Andrew Sheng New Delhi

The gold standard in AI and reserve currencies

After the arrival of the Chinese AI tool DeepSeek in January, this month has seen a flurry of conferences on artificial intelligence (AI). At the AI...

17.02.2025 20

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Andrew Sheng New Delhi

Year of snakes, ladders

As China celebrates the Lunar Year of the Snake, the first angpow (red packet gift) was the DeepSeek AI software that shook Wall Street to the tune of...

03.02.2025 10

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Andrew Sheng New Delhi

Enjoy the froth till it lasts

With the return of the highly unpredictable Donald Trump as US President this month, how should anyone manage his or her risks? We define risk as...

06.01.2025 7

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Andrew Sheng New Delhi