Tom Brammar

Tom Brammar is Director of the Board of GlobalSource Partners, a firm delivering macroeconomic and political analysis to emerging market investors worldwide. Previously, he was Managing Director of the Financial Times' emerging market news service.

Articles

Economics

Has China won the world’s currency battle?

As with most crises the world is facing the mother of all dollar squeezes right now, as everyone and their dog is trying to get their hands on the venerable greenback. The eurodollar system — the true ruler of our world — is under extreme strain. Outside America the US dollar is the closest thing […]

Policy

Sorry, but building more houses won’t affect prices

Quick question: if I asked you to lend me £10 and then asked you to pay me for borrowing it from you, you’d think I was mad, right? Well this is currently the deal the world is getting when it lends money to Germany over any duration for the next 5 years. That makes no […]