by chung chinyi | Nov 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
The 2025 United States federal government shutdown, which began at 12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2025, has become the longest government shutdown in American history, lasting over 40 days. What started as a budget impasse has evolved into a humanitarian and economic crisis...
by chung chinyi | Nov 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
The United States’ unprecedented $20 billion currency swap arrangement with Argentina represents a significant shift in how Washington exercises financial power in Latin America. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s claim that the U.S. “made...
by chung chinyi | Nov 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Anatomy of a Modern Financial Crime When Tan Yew Sin clicked on a job advertisement on Telegram in May 2021, he unknowingly became a cog in a sophisticated international money laundering operation. The offer was deceptively simple: $5,000 to become a nominee...
by chung chinyi | Nov 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
Understanding America’s Economic Paradox and Its Implications for Singapore Executive Summary The American consumer has become an economic enigma. Despite recording the most negative economic sentiment in over seven decades of survey history, Americans continue...
by chung chinyi | Nov 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
The European Commission’s move to transform its 2020 advisory guidance on “high-risk vendors” into binding legislation represents a watershed moment in the global technological cold war between Western democracies and China. Led by Commission...
