IMF member countries have called for greater support for nations facing short-term financing pressures from wars and high energy prices. Following a meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, the International Monetary and Financial Committee chair said economic risks remain tilted to the downside while advanced intelligence technologies offer investment and trade gains alongside potential risks. #IMF# #GlobalEconomy# #EnergyPrices# #EconomicRisks# #PakistanTV#

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh is set to deliver his first keynote at Jackson Hole, with investors seeking clarity on economic risks and potential interest-rate moves. More here:

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh is set to deliver his first keynote at Jackson Hole, with investors seeking clarity on economic risks and potential interest-rate moves

if you’re like me thinking why retail still trades so much memecoins or perps but not doing much holy DeFi here’s why: 1) DeFi in ‘26 is a minefield: you’ve protocols blowing up left & right: - some due to opsec (eg. drift, kelp) - economic risks (eg. neutrl) we're seeing 2-3 small protocols blow up ~every week now 2) assume you take the risks: but then also you’ve p low yields blue-chip assets at top protocols like aave, morpho hardly give you 5-6% apy at max eg. there's $250m at kamino just yielding 2.6% apy??! ofc, whales or foundation treasuries can’t off-ramp and have no choice but to do TVL deals & put in this DeFi protocols imagine this: if you’re a retail user who has $5k left will you put in a random protocol for 15% apr knowing your money can blow-up anytime or simply buy memecoins or even gamble in prediction markets in hope to 10x or go 0 casino math makes latter far more lucrative 3) old nyc uncs already knows this trend: hence they declared crypto ‘institutional’ - slapping the clarity act and made the narrative that crypto is just a backend for wall street to push their ‘governance tokens’ it’s good to see crypto’s institutional growth but trying to kill what makes crypto exciting is as sinful as ‘memecoin pump & dump’ both can def. co-exist 4) don’t get me wrong: i love DeFi and love nerdy financial engineering a ton but even as a pro DeFi user of ‘23 (when i’d have used 100+ protocols) putting a huge chunk of my portfolio isn’t good from a r/r perspective now ofc in ‘23 era, you’d farm airdrops, get a $1b+ tge and that’d make it worth it but now most vc-backed token launches are awful to make it farm-worthy and it's same for all my crypto friends i still get nerdsnipped by good DeFi mechanics & exotic assets or interesting sources of yields and still put couple of Ks in them (imo: if you still find an underrated DeFi protocol which can have a good narrative later - you should still deposit who knows it gives you unexpected airdrops like uni/jto) 5) crypto or even stocks is now fast finance: active investing is roaring back exponentially people wanna trade and rotate fast (either memes and stocks) they don’t have to worry much about blowups or their capital getting stuck anywhere (they've stablecoins or bank accounts to park money) as a builder: stop optimising for TVL, DeFi is not just TVL - you can optimise for just volumes or ‘fast finance’ and make tons of money and still perform finest financial engineering 6) tokens are beautiful: do any financial engineering around tokens (eg. memecoins paired with stocks and using creator fees mechanics) and you'll see the true power of crypto composability eg. a token on solana is instantly available at launch to 100s of terminals, wallets, apps etc i.e so you get instant distribution and leverage network effects tldr: long financial engineering, long fast finance!

#OpinionLine# The renewed US-Iran confrontation, together with #Israel#'s continuing regional military campaign, spreads corrosive damage across the region. As economic risks accumulate alongside humanitarian pressures, the space for negotiated political settlements is narrowing. #MiddleEast# #Iran#

India rejected a quick trade agreement with the US in recent talks and is holding out for a better deal as Prime Minister Narendra Modi draws confidence from new trading partners, eased economic risks and political gains at home, officials and analysts said. More here:

The EU’s 22nd September sanctions deadline is not a countdown to releasing Russia’s roughly €210 billion in central-bank reserves. On 15th September, the EU extended its individual sanctions framework by just 7 days. That framework targets listed people and organisations. The central-bank reserves sit under different restrictions. The separate sectoral sanctions run to 31 July 2027. A further measure adopted in December 2025 prohibits transfers of immobilised Russian central-bank assets back to Russia. That measure is temporary and tied to continuing economic risks. A missed renewal would raise serious questions about the individual sanctions. It would not, by itself, switch off these separate restrictions on the central-bank money. The 22nd September deadline remains subject to another renewal. No lapse has occurred.