Central Banking

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Economy
Russia
Russia's war economy shows strain but no collapse, analysts say
Russia's central bank, growth, budget and banking data all show a war economy under real pressure in mid-2026, yet most analysts read the picture as erosion rather than collapse — a distinction that matters for how long Moscow can fund the war and for the EU sanctions strategy Luxembourg helps shape.
By Jonas Thill5 days ago
Economy
Obituary
Alan Greenspan, Fed chair who shaped the modern financial era, dies at 100
Alan Greenspan, who led the US Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006 and became the defining central banker of the globalisation era, has died aged 100. His low-rate, deregulatory tenure built much of the modern financial system, but his reputation was shadowed by the 2008 crisis that followed his exit.
By Jonas Thill22 June 2026