Patriotic Parties Reshape Western Politics as Economic Pressures Shift Voter Loyalties
(Analysis) New research from Blue Rose Research and recent European election results confirm a major political shift across the West....
April 21, 2025Section
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Spain’s Santander Tops UBS as Swiss Banking Model Falters
After Credit Suisse’s shocking collapse in 2023, the Swiss banking sector has entered uncharted territory. The world once saw Switzerland...
April 20, 2025
Trump and Meloni Signal Confidence in U.S.-E.U. Trade Deal Amid Tariff Standoff
President Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met in Washington this week, aiming to ease tensions over US...
April 20, 2025
Trump Administration Ties Ukraine Support to Mineral Access, Warns of Withdrawal
On April 18 2025 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio made clear in Paris that President Donald Trump will abandon...
April 19, 2025
Uncertainty Shakes Central Banks and Multilateral Institutions as Global Economic Order Upended
President Trump’s decision to end the United States’ role as the world’s open market has upended the global economic order....
April 18, 2025
Turkey’s Central Bank Surprises Markets With Aggressive Rate Hike Amid Political and Economic Strains
Turkey’s central bank raised its key interest rate from 42.5% to 46% on April 17, 2025, ending a three-month cycle...
April 17, 2025
ECB Rate Cut Signals Deepening Trade Woes for Eurozone
On April 17, 2025, the European Central Bank (ECB) cut its main deposit rate by 25 basis points to 2.25%,...
April 17, 2025
U.K. Supreme Court Anchors Legal Definition of ‘Woman’ to Biological Sex in Landmark Ruling
Britain’s Supreme Court delivered a unanimous decision on April 16, 2025, ruling that the term “woman” in the Equality Act...
April 16, 2025
Engines of Excess: Trump’s Tariffs Set China’s Flood Upon Us All
Donald Trump, newly reinstated in the White House, has brandished his boldest economic weapon yet: a 145% tariff on Chinese...
April 11, 2025