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The Belt and Road Initiative: A boom, a bust or just a buzzword?

The Belt and Road Initiative: A boom, a bust or just a buzzword?

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Male Cloud Architect and Female Database Engineer Review Data Storage Protocols on a Shared Laptop in a Data Center. Team Strategizing Ways to Improve Service for Enterprise Clients

The AI boom: which companies are most at risk if the bubble bursts?

Jérôme de Cherisey and Akgun Dogan reflect on the opportunities and risks brought by surging investments in AI.

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Business people negotiating at boardroom behind closed doors

Gen AI ready in the workplace: empowering our teams to use AI with confidence

Martin Teyssié explains how Allianz Trade’s gen AI ready campaign helps build skills for tomorrow.

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Eurobonds – A window of opportunity for a strategic necessity

Capital flows are shifting to Europe and European debt is emerging as a transitory safe asset.

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Allianz Trade Coutry Risk Atlas 2026

Allianz Trade publishes its third Country Risk Atlas, a flagship publication that assesses the economic outlook, risks, and opportunities across 83 countries, representing approximately 94% of global GDP.

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Country Atlas 2026

In the 2026 edition of the Country Risk Atlas, we assess the economic outlook, risks and opportunities across 83 countries, representing approximately 94% of global GDP.

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From unipolar to uneven: Fragmentation tests US market primacy and reshapes the global investment landscape

US equities have consistently outperformed global peers, cementing their dominance in portfolios worldwide. But past outperformance is becoming less bankable, especially when policy risk, concentration and valuation premia are taken into account.

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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.

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Europe households after the rate shock: A windfall for some, a squeeze for others

Europe’s households after the rate shock: A windfall for some, a squeeze for others

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Five things that could derail the ECB

At its meeting this week, the ECB is set to stay stable in turbulent times.

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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.

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infrastructure projects woman worker standing back to the camera

Securing tomorrow’s infrastructure: how surety bonds power major projects

Nourredine Siber discusses how Allianz Trade’s surety bonds support complex infrastructure projects.

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A new decade high for major insolvencies driven by services, retail and construction

Business insolvencies ended 2025 with an upside trend in most countries, despite already high levels.

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How Allianz Trade Supports Business Growth with Confidence

Learn how Allianz Trade's credit insurance helps businesses achieve sustainable growth by ensuring predictable payments and managing buyer risks.

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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.

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2 workers in a storage facility

Allianz Trade Collection Complexity Score

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.

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