Humanitarian and social pressures will rise in Iran

Amid renewed US sanctions, the country is struggling to find banks to process transactions for food and medicines

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US yield inversion signals recession within 1-2 years

If US GDP is still growing by June it will break records, but yields signpost weaker growth and possibly recession ahead

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Agricultural output is expected to rise in the 2019 harvest after a sharp weather-related fall last year

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Taxes on oil are shifting from export duties to extraction, with ramifications for domestic refining and fuel sales

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Solar power has been slow to gain ground in the Middle East, but is now picking up momentum.

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Conditions in Australia’s housing industry and markets are tightening

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Fiscal reform is a key issue as Islamabad tackles a macroeconomic crisis

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Supporting the gold price, US monetary uncertainty is weighing on the dollar and the renminbi is stabilising

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Belarus stands to lose financially as Russian oil becomes more expensive, and Moscow is using this as political leverage

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Euro-area slowdown will ease pressure on Central Europe’s central banks to hike rates

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