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Explore the economic relationship between Israel and Iran, analyzing the impact of sanctions, oil prices, and geopolitical tensions on Iran's economy and its global influence.

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Because governments do not appreciate the economy’s resilience, they are undermining the fundamental sources of its strength. This resilience, a Teflon-like superpower, is cause for celebration. It ...

June 23 -16: Trump’s approval rating dipped one point, to 41%, in a Reuters/Ipsos survey of 1,139 U.S. adults taken June ...

In the face of chaos, the global economy powers on. Since 2011 growth has continued at around 3% a year. During the worst of the euro crisis in 2012? Around 3%. What about 2016, the year Britain voted ...

Energy commodities were the worst-performing sector in Q3 and declined over the first six months of 2025. While Rotterdam coal and distillate crack spreads rose, oil, gasoline, gasoline refining ...

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Based on June data, the global economy has experienced a broad-based cyclical upturn since mid-2024, with little sign of ...

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When democracies embrace the traits of war economies and view peace as a sign of weakness, we need to question not about ...

E ven before the bombs began to fall, Iran’s economy was in a bad way. Six in ten working-age people were unemployed. Prices had risen by 35% in the past year. Some 18% of the population was living ...