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Prime Minister Imran Khan is the last thing Pakistan needs

by Jon Boone | Jul 25, 2018 | Political Insider

Pity Pakistan. In recent weeks it has suffered one of its worst ever terrorist attacks, with 149 people blown to bits. The rupee is crashing as the economy teeters on the brink of a debt crisis. And the country has been put on an international financial watchlist...

Saudi Arabia and the age of shale

by Matein Khalid | May 30, 2017 | The Macro View

Saudi Arabia engineered a short covering rally and cyclical bottom in Brent crude with its 15 May agreement with Russia to roll over last November’s oil output cuts for another nine months. The kingdom has, in essence, resumed its traditional role as the ‘swing...

What Trump’s political scandal means for investors

by Matein Khalid | May 22, 2017 | The Macro View

Image (c) iStockphoto The financial markets have finally cottoned on to the increasingly sordid political realities created by the Trump White House. Trump could well be impeached for obstruction of justice if he tried to pressure FBI Director James Comey to drop an...