As a young person, I have a great interest in understanding how the economy performs and what drives movements in the markets. Every year I outline my views on how the economy will pan out the following year.     As per tradition, below is my economic outlook for 2016. 2015 was certainly a lackluster […]

  In the Global Economy, trade is one of the main pillars which allows countries to exchange resources and key factors of production to advance their own economic welfare and ensure high rates of development. The European Union and the United States, two of the largest economic superpowers, traded over $700 billion worth of merchandise […]

Following the referendum on July 5th where the Greek people overwhelmingly voted against the bailout terms and austerity, special talks were held in both Brussels and in Strasbourg for a Eurosummit with EU leaders and a debate at the European Parliament, respectively. Within both talks, Tsipras appeared to be open and determined to keep Greece in […]

  For the past couple of months, Greece has had to deal with austerity measures imposed on it by its creditors. Following the momentous decision by the Greek people to elect the leftward-leaning SYRIZA party which favoured a confrontational stance on the bailout conditions, uncertainty over the future of the country plagued stakeholders on a […]

  “We are not in a recession,” the Minister finance Wolfgang Schaeuble told parliament after the 3rd quarterly data was released. Despite being hampered by weakness in the French economy, a main trading partner, and a slowdown in China the German economy displayed enough tenacity enduring long enough to squeeze out fractional growth. Following the […]

Although the remnants of India’s centrally planned economic system can still be witnessed to this day, huge strides in economic liberalization including measures such as industrial de-regulation, privatisation of enterprises and the laxation of policies concerning foreign investment, since the 1990s, have helped kick start the economy. With the second largest population in the world […]

The ever increasing speed and strength of China’s economical transformation has no historical precedent. As the dawn of the 21st century begins to unfold, the global economic and political playing field begins to form; it has become clear that China and its economy will play a major role in affecting the development of the pan-European […]