
2024: Sticky Inflation and the Debate Around Higher-for-Longer Rates
As 2024 begins, global markets are gripped by one question: has inflation truly been tamed, or will central banks need to keep rates higher for longer?

As 2024 begins, global markets are gripped by one question: has inflation truly been tamed, or will central banks need to keep rates higher for longer?

Chicago, August 27 – The global agricultural markets — wheat, corn, soybeans, and coffee — may seem far removed from foreign exchange trading desks.

New York, September 15, 2025 – Few periods in recent monetary history illustrate the link between Federal Reserve policy and the U.S. dollar as clearly as the 2018–2019 cycle.

From 2019 to 2024, the dollar’s path was dominated by macro forces (pandemic shocks, inflation, and the Fed’s historic hiking cycle).

On one side, Bitcoin is the king of crypto—the first, the most valuable, and the most recognized worldwide.

New York, September 3, 2025 – For more than a decade, investors have tracked an intriguing financial pattern: when the U.S. dollar strengthens

Washington, September 2, 2025 – The U.S. dollar has long been the cornerstone of the global financial system, serving as the primary reserve currency for central banks, corporations

Johannesburg, September 9, 2025 – As global finance undergoes rapid digital transformation, the BRICS bloc Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa

For years, critics of U.S. hegemony have predicted the dollar’s decline.

For decades, the world has been built on the foundation of government-issued money—dollars, euros, yen, and yuan. But as we step deeper into the digital era, the question arises: