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Now you see it, now you don’t: Why data can’t capture the AI revolution

Nobel prize winner Michael Spence says that when something revolutionary like AI arrives, people tend to overestimate its impact in the short run and underestimate it in the long run.

The new age of economic warfare – and why America is playing with fire

Few people are thinking harder about these questions than Matteo Maggiori, the Moghadam Family Professor of Finance at Stanford University.

Singapore’s AI pivot will require a very different playbook

Singapore has been a world-class destination for established multinationals for six decades. But that game is getting harder.

The end of Dubai? After the war, the UAE faces a hard road back to its shining past

Smoke billows from Jebel Ali port after an Iranian attack, following United States and Israel strikes on Iran, United Arab Emirates, on March 1.

Oil markets and prices will not be the same after UAE’s OPEC exit

The headquarters of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna. For OPEC, losing the UAE is not a flesh wound, but an amputation.

Are stock markets in denial about the true cost of Iran war?

Stock markets don't seem to concern by the impact of the Iran war. This could backfire.

The Iran war is accelerating the petrodollar’s decline

Like the stricken Saudi Aramco Ras Tanura refinery complex (above), the petrodollar has suffered a blow from Iranian attacks as Tehran looks to other currencies in payment for its oil.

Strait of Hormuz: The tollbooth in the middle of the world

When Iran effectively shut the strait – through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil consumption passes – in early March, oil surged past US$100 a barrel.

The war that could break America’s borrowing machine

Mortgage rates have spiked in the US as the Treasuries market comes under stress. Similar pain may be felt across the world.

The long shadow: Gulf war will hurt Asia for years to come

A farmer preparing fertiliser in Haryana, India. The shutdown of Gulf gas supplies not only means higher electricity bills but also higher food prices.

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