Central banks and the road to rate cuts
In this week’s THINK aloud, we bring you the highlights of our Economics Live webinar, where we discussed the outlook for the global economy, monetary policy and financial markets with ING's James Kni...
13 Mar 202432min
How AI can speed up the energy transition
2023 was the hottest year on record. The Copernicus Climate Change Service says temperatures last year likely exceeded “those of any period in at least the last 100,000 years”. Yet the United Nations ...
7 Mar 202410min
FX Outlook 2024: The dollar's long goodbye
Recent months have seen the US dollar on a powerful bull run. Propelled by strong economic growth and a hawkish Federal Reserve, which has signalled that interest rates will stay higher for longer, th...
21 Nov 202312min
Why oil prices will stay high and add to stagflation risk
The price of oil surged more than 30% in the third quarter, driven by solid global demand, supply cuts from OPEC+ and additional voluntary cuts from Saudi Arabia and Russia. But is the market starting...
6 Okt 202318min
Central banks and the rate cut countdown
As interest rates in the US, UK and Europe approach a peak, and economic growth shows further signs of faltering, the focus has firmly shifted to rate cuts. In this week's THINK aloud, a replay of ING...
19 Sep 202328min
China is no 1990s Japan - but it could have been
As the Western world struggles to tame high inflation, fears of persistent deflation are taking root in China. Prices at the factory gate have been dropping for months and in June, fell at the fastest...
3 Aug 202315min
Shocking challenges: Electric vehicles face roadblocks ahead
Global temperatures have shattered records this month, heightening the urgency to reduce carbon emissions. But the energy transition and the shift to electric vehicles, in particular, is fraught with ...
27 Jul 202311min
There may be trouble ahead... for the UK
In this podcast, a replay of an ING event this week, Developed Markets Economist James Smith and Senior Editor Rebecca Byrne discuss the outlook for UK inflation, interest rates, and mortgage costs, a...
30 Jun 202327min
