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Redakteurin für Wirtschaft & Märkte
Helena Richter analyzes macroeconomic trends, trade policies, and global financial market fluctuations. Her reporting bridges the gap between fiscal policy and market reality.
helena.richter@obsrpost.comOver 200 economists and AI experts jointly issued an open letter, stating that AI may trigger economic changes more profound than the Industrial Revolution within a decade, bringing risks of large-scale unemployment, and calling for the establishment of a new institutional framework.
The first episode of Bloomberg's latest podcast series "Emerging" explores how India can break through in the US-China dominated AI race, proposing that AI sovereignty should be redefined as intelligent interdependence rather than self-sufficiency.
In June 2026, strong demand in the artificial intelligence sector supported the expansion of Asian manufacturing, but supply chain disruptions and cost pressures triggered by the Iran conflict are testing the region's long-term resilience.
Vietnam plans to invest over $130 billion in building smart energy infrastructure, marking a shift in the global energy transition from scale expansion to system resilience. This article analyzes its financing challenges, the role of bank credit, and green finance mechanisms.
On the 10th anniversary of the South China Sea arbitration case, the Philippines is pushing for the establishment of an ASEAN maritime center, reflecting profound structural changes in global ocean governance from legal confrontation to multilateral cooperation, as well as the long-term trend of regional order reconstruction.
The Middle East is undergoing a structural transformation from general instability to "controllable turbulence." Historical legacies, the core Palestinian conflict, and the Iran-Israel cold war are jointly shaping a new regional order. The shifting roles of external powers and the adjustment of internal national strategies have ushered the region into a long-term phase of competition.