Many countries gained an advantage by filling their strategic reserves when oil prices were low

Before Omicron variant rattled markets, investors were looking at Covid in rear-view mirror

Existing mechanism poses risks to the integrity, reliability of the financial market

Every new govt resorts to criticising the past one for the mess

With tapering of asset purchases, dollar will rise further vs major currencies

Risk avoidance by banking system makes it highly inaccessible for SMEs

Movement of cryptocurrencies is largely based on speculation, news and tweets

Country needs to look for opportunities to diversify trade, investment portfolios

Government will have to establish mechanism for workforce vaccination to ensure unrestricted movement

New refinery policy provides opportunity to change course through modernisation