Some portray Hungary’s banking sector as fragmented; certainly, Minister for National Economy Márton Nagy seems to think so. Yet others say core indicators suggest a system that is profitable, well capitalized and structurally stable. Bernadett Herman, banking market expert and contributor to the Hungarian financial and business news portal Privátbankár, tells the Budapest Business Journal
President Donald Trump meddled in the free market during his first term and created a “dumb industrial policy” that he is only now starting to fix, according to a prominent conservative newspaper. In a Monday evening editorial, The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board claimed telecom mogul Charlie Ergen had been rescued by a regulatory system
Sunday 29 March 2026 10:30 pm | Updated: Monday 30 March 2026 6:19 am Starmer will meet business leaders. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images) A number of senior leaders from the likes of HSBC, Goldman Sachs and Shell will meet with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Monday as the government scrambles to help ease
President Donald Trump’s war in Iran is hurting farm workers who are already vulnerable because of his tariffs — and a new report sketches out the details with vivid portraits of those suffering because of MAGA politics. “The vice president of operations at Sequoia Nut Co. had shipped 15 containers of almonds, walnuts and pistachios
Friday 27 March 2026 6:47 am | Updated: Friday 27 March 2026 9:28 am Trump has hinted at an end to the Iran war. (Image: Getty Images) Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. Another pause has been slapped on Donald Trump’s pledge to “obliterate” Iranian power plants, should the nation not
Republican strategist and media consultant Rick Wilson says he keeps bumping into Trump voters who are wailing over the predicament their president keeps putting them in. “You can’t spin your way out of objective reality hitting people in the face [at the gas pump,” Wilson told “Jim Acosta Show” host Jim Acosta. “I’m out at
Rising oil prices are once again testing Nigeria’s economy. But this time, there is no subsidy to absorb the shock. With fuel subsidies removed in 2023, Nigeria no longer shields its economy from global oil shocks. As crude prices climb amid renewed tensions in the Middle East, the effects are feeding directly into domestic fuel
Wednesday 25 March 2026 2:16 pm | Updated: Wednesday 25 March 2026 4:16 pm The is NS&I is a Treasury-backed body. The UK’s state-owned savings giant is facing mounting backlash over its handling bereaved families’ savings. National Savings and Investments (NS&I) – formerly called the Post Office Savings Bank – has faced criticism for leaving families
Early Friday morning, March 27, the New York Times posted a podcast focusing on Cameron Joudi — owner of a gas station in Jacksonville, Florida — and the effect that soaring gas prices are having on his business during President Donald Trump’s war against Iran. Major economists like Paul Krugman and the University of Michigan’s
… CBN moves to boost FX supply The naira recorded a weekly loss of N21.68 against the dollar in the official foreign exchange (FX) market, despite posting modest gains in daily trading, as Nigeria’s external reserves continued their downward trend. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) showed that the naira closed at N1,380.58
