By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 (TNS NEWS) – The next global oil shock may not begin with crude. It may begin inside the world’s refineries. Diesel refining margins have exploded to record levels across Europe and the United States, exposing a critical weakness in the global energy system: having crude…
By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH MANILA, Sept 14 (TNS News) – The Philippines is entering a decisive phase of its 2026 ASEAN Chairship, with a concentrated series of ministerial and high-level meetings over the next seven weeks set to shape key economic, security and socio-cultural deliverables for the 49th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits…
By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH JAKARTA, Sept 14 (TNS News) – ASEAN must continually earn its centrality through its ability to bring countries together, manage differences and deliver collective action as geopolitical competition intensifies and the regional architecture becomes increasingly complex, Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn said Monday. Delivering the keynote address…
BY TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 12 – Malaysia should use Budget 2027 to make the decisive transition from economic resilience to productive expansion, channelling its stronger growth momentum into infrastructure, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, energy security, human capital and higher-value private investment while preserving fiscal discipline. That is the central prescription from Shan…
By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 – Developed by Juwai IQI Global Chief Economist Shan Saeed, the Global Macro Risk Index evaluates ten systemic threats across four analytical dimensions: probability, economic severity, transmission velocity and cross-border contagion. Its analytical architecture is clear: **Shock → inflation → monetary tightening → currency pressure → sovereign stress → poverty and social unrest. “The global…
