Household spending and industrial production weakened in August, while property investment continued to lose steam. Our growth forecast for China faces downside risk. Dong Chen and Ling Chen, Pictet Wealth Management. Despite strong export per...

Positive yields and falling spreads mean we are relatively more upbeat on Italian and Spanish debt than on euro government bonds in general. Nadia Gharbi and Lauréline Renaud-Chatelain, Pictet Wealth Management. Mario Draghi’s appointment as...

Oil and natural gas prices have rallied in recent months, spurred on by robust economic growth in many regions as the worst effects of the pandemic have abated. But prices could start to moderate as the outlook for demand weakens and supply looks ...

Simon Peters, cryptoasset analyst at multi-asset investment platform eToro, comments on today's decision from China to ban crypto transactions: “The announcement of China's ban on crypto transactions has caused a big sell-off in bitcoin an...

According to Elliot Hentov, Head of Policy Research at State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the most likely policy ramification in any German election outcome is higher public spending and details the investment implications of such an outcome. ...

Deng Xiaoping is often considered the architect of modern China, having advocated a pragmatic approach to economic development and embraced the free-market system of western economies. However, many of the principles he endorsed have seemingly bee...