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$Illustration showing a fractured US dollar symbol surrounded by BRICS currency coins, highlighting de-dollarization momentum and fragmentation of global finance$

De-dollarization momentum is reshaping global finance as BRICS countries expand local currency trade, diversify reserves, and test alternative payment systems. This analysis explains why these shifts signal financial fragmentation rather

Global GDP growth comparison for 2026 showing emerging economies such as India, Vietnam, and Indonesia growing faster than advanced economies including the United States, Euro Area, Japan, and the United Kingdom

Global growth divergence 2026 shows emerging economies sustaining stronger momentum than advanced peers as tight financial conditions, aging demographics, and weak investment weigh on rich economies. Using IMF and World

Pakistan energy crisis visual showing the circular loop between oil prices, currency depreciation, and inflation, highlighting rising import costs, weakening rupee, and consumer price pressures

Pakistan Energy Crisis analysis shows how oil import dependence, exchange rate pressure, and inflation pass through create a self reinforcing loop. It explains why energy shocks drain reserves, worsen fiscal

Youth unemployment becoming structural in 2026 showing high youth joblessness around 30 percent, rising NEETs, skills mismatch, precarious work, brain drain, and weakening future prospects across developing regions

Structural youth unemployment examines why youth joblessness is becoming entrenched across emerging and developing economies. Skills mismatch, AI disruption, weak labor demand, and rising NEET populations are driving long term

Global growth slowdown 2025 to 2026 showing synchronized stagnation across major economies on a world map

The global growth outlook 2026 is increasingly defined by weakening momentum across major economies. Growth downgrades are emerging simultaneously across advanced and emerging regions. As a result, analysts are shifting

China skyline with cranes, wind turbines, rail infrastructure, and financial charts illustrating a $42 billion public investment pipeline for 2026 economic growth

China’s growth strategy 2026 is taking shape through expanded public investment and strategic infrastructure. As Beijing prepares for the 15th Five-Year Plan, nearly 295 billion yuan has been approved for

Will global debt trap the economy in 2026 showing rising sovereign, corporate, and household debt exceeding 330 percent of global GDP, increasing debt distress, higher interest costs, slowing credit, and rising recession risk

Global debt risks 2026 explain why total debt above 330 percent of global GDP is elevating financial stress across sovereign, corporate, and household sectors. Rising interest costs, slowing credit, and

India and Japan economic comparison showing GDP size, growth rates, population, median age, per capita income, and inflation trends at the global ranking shift

India has overtaken Japan to become the world’s fourth largest economy by nominal GDP. This milestone reflects long term structural forces rather than a temporary output fluctuation. More importantly, the

Infographic showing AI job disruption 2026, comparing sectors with rapid AI adoption such as technology and finance against jobs at high automation risk including customer service, office support, and media roles

AI job disruption 2026 highlights how artificial intelligence is reshaping employment patterns. While technology, finance, and healthcare accelerate AI adoption, roles in customer service, office support, and media face rising

Large oil tanker navigating a narrow Middle Eastern maritime chokepoint with multiple vessels in the distance, illustrating oil shipping vulnerability and global energy risk

Oil shipping vulnerability in the Middle East is emerging as a major risk for global energy markets in 2026. In particular, this Global Economic Spotlight explains how maritime chokepoints, Red

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