US Federal Reserve in high-wire rate decision

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The Federal Reserve faces a pivotal decision on March 22, 2023: whether to continue its aggressive fight against inflation or put it on hold. Making another big interest rate hike would risk exacerbating the global banking turmoil sparked by Silicon Valley Bank’s failure on March 10. Raising rates too little, or not at all as […]Continue Reading

Foreign policy of an anxious adolescent superpower

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Filipino fishermen eat a meal aboard their boat overlooking Chinese fishing vessels. Photo: Reuters/Erik De Castro

China’s extremely successful economic development brings two predicaments, one domestic and one foreign. Domestically, rapid development quickly makes the economy and society more complex. An agricultural economy with basic industries suddenly has thousands of interconnected industries, a complicated technology sector and a highly differentiated services sector. A complex economy brings with it a complex society. […]Continue Reading

AI grows more powerful while we become more predictable

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With any groundbreaking new technology, the pace of adoption climbs quickly. Over the past two decades, new platforms and tools, from the iPhone to TikTok, have seen progressively faster adoption rates. The adoption rate of ChatGPT, the artificial-intelligence (AI) large language model owned by OpenAI, is unlike anything we have ever seen. Within five days of release, […]Continue Reading

Africa no easy pawn in New Cold War

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China’s foreign ministry published a 4,000-word analysis entitled “US Hegemony and its Perils” on February 20. It’s an indictment of alleged US foreign interference, intimidation and interventions that began 200 years ago. This was followed by President Xi Jinping’s accusation at the Communist Party National Congress in March that the US was pursuing an unprecedented […]Continue Reading

NTT, KDDI tie-up aims to set 6G global standard

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TOKYO – NTT and KDDI, Japan’s top two telecom carriers, will cooperate in developing new telecom technology that aims for a 125-times increase in transmission capacity, a 100-times increase in energy efficiency and a 200-times reduction in end-to-end delay (latency) for mobile and optical networks. If successful, they could potentially set the global standard for […]Continue Reading

Economic lessons for India from the pandemic

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This year will be one of the most important for the South Asian subcontinent. According to World Population Review (WPR) estimates, as India overtook China to become the most populous country in the world in mid-January (India’s 1.417 billion versus China’s 1.412), the international spotlight is now on New Delhi’s ability to harness its human […]Continue Reading

Khazanah launches USmil Future Malaysia Programme to boost startup ecosystem

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Spur startup ecosystem of founders, venture capital & corporate venture
CelcomDigi anchor partner driving initiative via its Innovation Centre Khazanah Nasional Bhd announced last Thursday the launch of the Future Malaysia Programme, an initiative under its Dana Impak mandate, which aims to support the startup ecosystem of entrepreneurs, startups, venture capital, and…Continue Reading