How does the volatile but increasingly important chip industry impact the world order? What does the re-shoring of fabrication away from Southeast Asia mean for developing countries like Bangladesh?
Just to avoid such distractions, I have been working on a system to gather “just in time” instead of “just in case” information. These strategies are quite effective if you’re particularly pressed for time:
The post-pandemic economic recovery has taken a hit due to the prolonged Ukraine-Russia war, which has had ramifications across a multitude of sectors, including the global energy market. The sanction-induced demand-supply mismatch has contributed to volatility in natural gas and oil prices, putting pressure on the balance of payments and destabilizing energy-importing countries like Bangladesh.
Although Bangladesh has resiliently fought blowbacks from the pandemic-induced shocks, the ongoing war has led to a significant dent in international trade balances: resulting in declining foreign currency reserves, depreciating currencies, and spiking inflation.
This year whizzed by with an excessive workload and a flurry of post-pandemic business meetings. While it’s always heartening to start meeting people again, it comes at the expense of travel time and other system losses