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2026 outlook calls for recalibration
News, Mohamed A El-Erian, Published on 17/01/2026
» For global markets, 2025 was defined as much by what did not happen as by what did. The year offered a masterclass in the power of a single narrative, with massive, concentrated bets on AI masking various other unanswered questions. Yet as we move further into 2026, the AI narrative is unlikely to prove strong enough to continue overshadowing other lingering uncertainties, many of which reflect deeper structural shifts. For investors, central banks, and governments alike, the situation demands adaptation.
Rethinking development in an era of upheaval
News, Mohamed A El-Erian, Published on 14/08/2025
» For many developing countries, the global economic landscape has shifted dramatically in recent years. Lower growth, disrupted supply chains, reduced aid flows, and heightened financial-market volatility represent significant headwinds. Underpinning these changes is a fundamental restructuring, driven by the developed world, of the postwar economic and financial order. Against this background, a handful of factors are becoming critically important for the current and future well-being of developing countries -- and for the fate of multilateral institutions.
Keeping politics in the family
News, Karishma Vaswani, Published on 28/08/2024
» Politics is increasingly returning to being a family business in Southeast Asia, despite its large and vibrant democracies. It's a worrying trend. Power is at risk of being concentrated in the hands of an exclusive club of entrenched clans. That will disproportionately disadvantage the region's dynamic youth who are getting more frustrated with nepotism.
'Little Thailand' celebrated in New York
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/09/2022
» Don Pramudwinai, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, joined New York City's Thai community on Monday to celebrate the naming of a road in Queens as "Little Thailand Way".
Leaders pay tribute to Elizabeth
News, Reuters, Published on 19/09/2022
» LONDON: World leaders on Sunday convened in London to pay their respects to the coffin of Queen Elizabeth in London. Among them, US President Joe Biden was one of hundreds of thousands of people who filed past the late British monarch as she lay in state before her funeral, which happens today.
Pageant winner seen as 'pride of city'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 04/08/2022
» Bangkok governor, Chadchart Sittipunt, has hailed the new Miss Universe Thailand 2022 as a proud child of Bangkok, inspiring people in the capital with her soft power.
The problem with current Russia sanctions
News, Published on 25/07/2022
» It has been five months since Europe and the United States imposed tough economic and financial sanctions on Russia. While the sanctions have been gradually strengthened in the intervening months, debate rages about their effectiveness, implications for markets and the global economy, and what the West's next steps should be.
Saudi Arabia swings again -- but for how long?
News, Mohamed A El-Erian, Published on 04/07/2022
» Fluctuating Chinese demand has contributed to this year's volatility in international oil prices. But the latest evolution on the supply side will have immediate geopolitical and financial implications that go well beyond the oil market. Specifically, Saudi Arabia has returned as the most important swing producer and thus the most influential marginal price-setter. But how long this situation will last is unclear.
Beware a global economy with many little fires
News, Mohamed A. El-Erian, Published on 16/05/2022
» Big shocks to the global economy, such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine, understandably capture the most attention. But a new worldwide pattern of "little fires everywhere" may be equally consequential for longer-term economic well-being. Over time, these small fires can coalesce into one that is just as threatening as the initial large fire that acted as the catalyst.
Charges over US assault
News, Published on 16/02/2022
» NEW YORK: A man with a long criminal history was arrested last Thursday and charged with beating and robbing a Thai woman on a subway platform in New York City late last year, according to the New York Post.