With a small tweak in assumptions and the inexorable force of compound arithmetic, Citigroup and HSBC have come up with radically different pictures of what the world will look like in 2050. 28 Feb 2011 The king of Saudi Arabia last night announced $36bn of benefits for his people in an attempt to stop unrest spreading to the world’s biggest oil exporter, as experts warned oil could hit $220 a barrel. 24 Feb 2011 Oil prices hit two-year highs amid concerns that the violent power struggle in Libya will spark further unrest in other major producing nations. 23 Feb 2011 Oil analysts are paying very close attention to fast-moving events in Bahrain, fearing that clashes between the island’s Sunni elite and an aggrieved Shi’ite majority could embroil the Gulf giants of Iran and Saudi Arabia. 22 Feb 2011 The spectre of full civil war in oil-rich Libya and reports of the creation of an Islamic emirate in the country's "Barqa" region has moved the Mid-East crisis into a more dangerous phase, setting off an explosive rise in US crude prices. 22 Feb 2011 The spectre of full civil war in oil-rich Libya and reports of the creation of an Islamic emirate in the country's "Barqa" region has moved the Mid-East crisis into a more dangerous phase, setting off an explosive rise in US crude prices. 21 Feb 2011 For the sake of peripheral nations, Mrs Merkel has to stop paying lip-service to monetary union. 20 Feb 2011 Escalating violence in the Persian Gulf and North Africa have raised widespread concerns over the stability of global oil supplies for the first time since the Mid-East turmoil began. 18 Feb 2011 As Britain’s David Cameron embraces the ideal of worker co-operatives, a remarkable hi-tech variant with global operations is already thriving in the industrial heartland of Northern Spain. 16 Feb 2011 US President Barack Obama faces a stiff battle with Republican foes in Congress after unveiling plans for $7.2 trillion (£4.5 trillion) of deficit spending over the next decade. 14 Feb 2011 Confidence among British companies tumbled in January as fiscal tightening began to bite and stagflation fears took hold, raising the spectre of a double-dip downturn. 14 Feb 2011 British employers are stepping up the pace of job cuts while average pay in the public sector is likely to be cut this year, but there are tentative signs that the private sector is starting to pick up the growth baton. 14 Feb 2011 Nestled in the lush hills of the Basque Country – literally amid birdsong and Pyrennean lambs – a very young company called Industria de Turbo Propulsores (ITP) makes low-pressure turbine engines for half the world’s big passenger jets. 13 Feb 2011 Investors brushed aside concerns that violent protests in the gas-rich state of Algeria and further demonstrations in Yemen could destabilise the region or threaten oil supplies. 13 Feb 2011 Spain has imposed draconian rules on its saving banks and is preparing for part-nationalisation of the industry to boost its defences against contagion from the debt crisis in Portugal. 10 Feb 2011 The bee crisis has been treated as a niche concern until now, but as the UN's index of food prices hits an all time-high, it is becoming urgent to know whether the plight of the honey bee risks further exhausting our food security. 06 Feb 2011 European Central Bank has taken a strategic gamble that the current surge in food and commodity prices is not a repeat of the inflation virus of the 1970s and will subside without the need for a monetary squeeze. 03 Feb 2011 Deposit flight from Irish banks accelerated sharply at the end of last year on fears of political turmoil, suggesting that the EU-IMF rescue package for Ireland failed to restore confidence. 02 Feb 2011 The International Monetary Fund has warned that 'dangerous' imbalances have emerged that threaten to derail global recovery and stoke tensions that may ultimately set off civil wars. 01 Feb 2011 Risk analysts and intelligence agencies fear that Egypt's uprising may set off escalating protests in the tense Shia region of Saudi Arabia, home to the world's richest oilfields. 31 Jan 2011 Political risk has returned with a vengeance. The first food revolutions of our Malthusian era have exposed the weak grip of authoritarian regimes in poor countries that import grain, whether in North Africa today or parts of Asia tomorrow. 30 Jan 2011 Standard & Poor's has downgraded Japan for the first time in nine years, citing lack of a "coherent strategy" to control its monster deficits or grasp the nettle to reform. 27 Jan 2011 Asian and Middle-East investors have thronged to buy the first issue of AAA-rated bonds by the eurozone's new bail-out fund, marking a key moment in the evolution of Europe's monetary union. 25 Jan 2011 The International Monetary Fund issues its clearest warning to date that the latest US fiscal stimulus is ill-judged, unlikely to do much for growth and raises the risk of a bond crisis. 25 Jan 2011 Spain has set in motion a partial nationalisation of its crippled savings banks, or cajas, but stopped short of the giant rescue deemed necessary by some experts to contain the country’s festering crisis. 24 Jan 2011Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard has covered world politics and economics for a quarter century, based in Europe, the US, and Latin America. He joined the Telegraph in 1991, serving as Washington correspondent and later Europe correspondent in Brussels. He is now International Business Editor in London.
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