Themes

The COVID-19 pandemic, the Russo-Ukrainian war, and the Suez Canal crisis have exacerbated existing vulnerabilities in the global supply chain originating from US-China trade tensions, necessitating the building of a more robust and resilient supply chain. While global firms are altering their investment decisions to cushion the blow, the digital p...

Fears of a global recession have been compounding in the recent past, with emerging signs of weakness in economic growth and other high-frequency parameters. The Russo-Ukrainian war has weakened global economic sentiment, with aggressive central bank interest rate hikes to curtail inflation also fueling recessionary fears. To provide decision-ma...

From a $1.90 trillion market in 2015, the global halal economy will expand to an approximate $4.60 trillion economy by 2030 under a baseline scenario, potentially reaching $4.96 trillion under an optimistic scenario. Aside from Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member countries, growth opportunities will increasingly emerge across non-OIC m...