Merlin Weekly Macro: How clean can electricity become?
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The Jupiter Merlin team look at the government’s infrastructure and clean energy plans, including carbon-zero electricity production, and where the challenges may be.
Merlin Weekly Macro: Stock markets get the jitters
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The Jupiter Merlin team discuss the rapid movements in stock markets, in particular Japan, over the past several days. What does this mean for investors?
Merlin Weekly Macro: A battle of wills on interest rates
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The Jupiter Merlin team discuss the Bank of England’s decision to cut interest rates. How fast – and how far – might rates fall from here?
Merlin Weekly Macro: Debt and deficits plague the West
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The Jupiter Merlin team discuss the economic prospects of the world’s major economies. Can the highly indebted West grow enough to fund spending plans?
Merlin Weekly Macro: Can the US constitution endure Trump?
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The Jupiter Merlin team examine the state of US politics, as Trump survives an assassination attempt and Biden continues to come under pressure to withdraw.
Merlin Weekly Macro: Is NATO really as united as it claims?
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As NATO leaders met to discuss affairs one absent figure cast a shadow over the event. The Jupiter Merlin team ask what a Trump presidency would mean for NATO.
Merlin Weekly Macro: Government requires effective challenge
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In the wake of Labour’s election victory, the Jupiter Merlin team assess what went wrong for the Tories and ask whether they can form an effective opposition.
Merlin Weekly Macro: Do you hear the drums of discontent?
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As French voters express discontent and in the US President Biden faces questions over his future, the Jupiter Merlin team address the investment implications.
Merlin Weekly Macro: Spotlight on Labour’s economic plans
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With Labour set for a large majority as Sunak’s electoral gambit fails, the Jupiter Merlin team discuss the economic plan of the UK’s government-in-waiting.
Merlin Weekly Macro: NATO’s disunited ‘Band of Brothers’
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The Jupiter Merlin team discuss the fractured relationships within NATO, as key leaders lose popularity at home and support for Ukraine comes under threat.