At the top of the monetary food chain, gold operates as an intergovernmental currency – and most importantly, as the currency of war. Paper promises don’t hold up in existential conflict.

The markets are accurately and efficiently determining that Israel-Iran conflict is no big deal, Iran is essentially helpless ...

Markets have held steady despite a series of potentially destabilising global developments, from the escalating conflict in ...

Escalating trade tensions and geopolitical instability have overtaken economic volatility as the primary concern among global central banks, according to UBS’s 31st Annual Reserve Management Seminar ...

Oil’s importance to South Sudan’s economy is often exaggerated – the bigger challenge facing Juba is its inability to secure new loans.

To seize this momentum to end the war in Ukraine, Trump should pivot to a new strategy to engage Russia. As the president said on April 26, Putin is "just tapping (him) along,” finessing the ...

China Retaliates Hard in Trade War by Slapping Tariffs on U.S. Goods. Canada and other countries also readied retaliation after President Trump raised U.S. tariff barriers to their highest level ...