The Why? Forum

A sense of optimism has returned to global financial markets, as they take in the expectation of continued accommodation by central banks…

By Rey Ahmed, Marlon Francisco, and Chad Smith,

By Kevin Holloran

The metamorphosis of U.S. not-for-profit healthcare into a more consumer-driven and population-health focused model will continue. No one…

Many governments around the world tout their infrastructure credentials, promoting their plans to increase spending on the sector and…

The sukuk market has the potential to grow considerably in the near to medium term as key Islamic capital markets develop.

President Donald Trump, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the US Senate are on the right track in…

Recent challenges to central bank independence in a number of countries mark only the beginning of an extended macro policy debate that is…

After months of speculation and intrigue, two of MLB’s biggest free agents in recent memory (Manny Machado and Bryce Harper) signed massive

Takaful (Islamic insurance) is one of the pillars of Islamic finance markets, but its growth requires further impetus. Takaful accounted…

By Ian Dixon and Sajal Kishore

Sukuk issuance by corporates in 2018 in key Islamic finance markets, such as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, Indonesia, Turkey…

Growth in residential solar panel installations has sputtered in recent years and an eerie parallel from a decade ago — namely elements of…

Michigan may be accomplishing something for its long-term development and economic competitiveness that this country has yet to do —…

Sirius is now planning to go head-to-head with Spotify through its announced $3.5 billion acquisition of Pandora, culminating a 15-month…

When looking at infrastructure markets throughout the world a common word used for the United States and Europe was stuck. This is not the…

The Trump administration has initiated a trade dispute with China with the stated goal of reducing America’s bilateral deficit. But given…

While the MPC’s improved confidence that Q1 GDP weakness was temporary helps explain the timing of the hike, they can hardly be accused of…

Maxime Darmet, Associate Director in Fitch’s Economics team says the BOJ meeting has not brought any major changes to monetary policy but…

US Q2 GDP growth at 4.1% annualised was faster than we expected in our last GEO (3%).

The Monetary Policy Committee has maintained the Bank rate at 0.5%