Page 7 - Geopolitical Risks News Today

Dear Fellow Shareholders, Across the globe, 2022 was another year of significant challenges: from a terrible war in Ukraine and growing geopolitical tensions — particularly with China — to a politically divided America. Almost all nations felt the effects of global economic uncertainty, including higher energy and food prices, mounting inflation rates and volatile markets,

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LONDON - The last year was turbulent for the European economy with Ukraine war-driven shocks including surging energy prices, crises involving food supply, faster-than-expected monetary tightening, subsidies and inflation emerging as major economic issues facing the continent. Reflecting this turbulence, the world's largest financial institutions, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, have often had to revise their projections for the year and those to come. Bef...

According to experts cited in this article from the WSJ, “[g]overnments are increasingly using ‘financial levers’ to advance national security goals,” a development that “has clear...

Short-terms concerns like the cost-of-living crisis are impacting response to longer-term risks, study finds

DTCC highlights importance of gaining intelligence into potential shocks to market stability.

US sanctions on Venezuela hurt Indian refineries that had been purchasing cheaper heavy crude oil and exporting petroleum products to the US and Europe. 22.11.2022, Sputnik International

The National Stock Exchange’s benchmark Nifty index fell for the third straight day, slipping below the psychological 17,000 mark. The index fell 1.49% to 16,983.55, with most of the decline happening at the end of the day’s trading. The Sensex fell 1.46% to 57,147.32.

Oil rose on Thursday as the prospect of higher Chinese demand and heightened geopolitical risks outweighed recession fears after a flurry of central bank interest rate hikes, including from the Bank of England.

At the moment, the United States is dangerously reliant on foreign companies and countries, including its geopolitical rival China, for cobalt.