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Thailandia
ASP expects no further GDP downgrades
The country's economic forecasts are unlikely to be revised down further this year despite Thai stocks looking bearish in the fourth quarter, says Asia Plus Securities.
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Cina USA
The right kind of recovery
EVERY FEW decades in the 20th century the relationship between the state and the individual was reforged in the fire of crisis. Liberal reformers in Britain won the election of 1906 amid a loss of confidence in conservatism. In America the 1930s depression was followed by the New Deal. The ...
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USA Giappone
The eternal zero
FOR FINANCIAL markets the 2010s were a time when it was hard to tell good news from bad. Even as the world laboured to shake off the financial crisis, the prices of stocks and bonds—not to mention houses—kept climbing. But good news, such as wage growth picking up, could cause ...
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Cina
Changing places
FOR A TIME economic contagion seemed more threatening than the pathological kind. Though the spread of covid-19 was mainly in China, the damage was appearing along supply chains that produce the world’s goods, notably cars and consumer electronics. China is the world’s second-biggest exporter of parts, so as its factories ...
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USA
Survival of the fittest
THE GROWTH of remote working is the latest iteration of a decades-long technology shock. It began in the 1990s when personal computers took over offices, continued with the development of the smartphone and social media in the 2000s, and in the 2010s led to cloud computing and artificial intelligence. It ...
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Brasile India
Prognosis uncertain
POORER countries depend on trade more than rich ones, especially on exports of tourism and commodities. They have fewer professional jobs that can be done from home, making social distancing costlier. Because their governments and companies often borrow in dollars, they suffer in times of economic stress, when their currencies ...
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Portogallo
João Galamba: "Em dez anos, 5% da energia consumida em Portugal virá do hidrogénio verde"
Governo e entidades europeias acreditam no enorme potencial de Portugal para a produção e exportação de hidrogénio, que vai contar com mais de 7 mil milhões de euros de financiamento.
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Portogallo
A urgência de um futuro sustentável em tempos de pandemia
A necessidade de atingir a neutralidade carbónica, de avançar na mobilidade elétrica e digital marcaram os discursos da sessão de abertura da terceira edição da Portugal Mobi Summit, este ano marcada pela presença da covid-19.
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Portogallo
Quase 727 mil créditos com moratória no final de agosto
Os contratos de crédito com moratórias ascendiam a 726.966 no final de agosto, divulgou o Banco de Portugal, esta quinta-feira.
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Portogallo
Reclamações de clientes bancários aumentaram 27%
O Banco de Portugal recebeu 10184 reclamações até junho, mais 27% do que no primeiro semestre de 2019, sendo depósitos, crédito aos consumidores e crédito hipotecário as matérias mais reclamadas.