High prices, thin buffers: America’s affordability crisis persists
Despite signs of easing in services components, including rentals, US inflation has remained sticky, and low-income households in particular are feeling the pinch.
Team Italy: An economic performance worthy of a gold medal?
Italy approaches the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 with a notably stronger macroeconomic backdrop, underpinned by post‑pandemic resilience in output, employment and trade, and an improved fiscal stance.
From Japan with love: New policy stance creates both market opportunities and liquidity risks
The major sell-off on the long end of the Japanese sovereign yield curve is not a “Truss moment” but signals a bumpy final stage of Japan’s monetary normalization.
Commercial debt collection 2026 Trade receivables in a fragmented world: Navigating Collection Complexity
Recovering commercial debt could become even more of a challenge as business insolvencies remain high in most countries while global fragmentation rises amid a reconfiguration of the trading system, volatile protectionism, geopolitical uncertainties and higher digital risk.
Allianz Trade publishes the 4th edition of its Collection Complexity Score and Rating, offering a clear assessment of how easy – or difficult – it is for companies to recover unpaid invoices in 52 economies representing 90% of global GDP and trade.
EU-India trade deal: EUR30bn of combined yearly export gains in a fragmented world
After signing the EU–Mercosur agreement on 17 January, the EU is looking to speed up its trade policy momentum to diversify trade structures in a more fragmented global economy.
Allianz Trade introduces Specialty Credit Social2Social, a new solution supporting projects that are addressing a specific social issue and achieving positive social outcomes.
