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The New “Business as Usual”

by Prashant
The New “Business as Usual”

Global upheavals on the scale of COVID-19 inevitably change “business as usual” permanently. Once the lockdown lifts, the reboot will begin, but how will it look? New approaches to evaluating risk and return will be needed to traverse the new financial landscape and efforts to scale up investments to reach the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals even more critical. How we approach the challenge and build sustainability into the recovery plans will be of great consequence and essential to improving resilience against future global threats.

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Reaching for Yield as a Way to Mitigate the Diabolic Loop Puzzle in the Monetary Union

by internationalbanker
Reaching for Yield as a Way to Mitigate the Diabolic Loop Puzzle in the Monetary Union

Some puzzles are fun, while others are not. The sovereign-bank diabolic loop puzzle is definitely not fun for the European governments and banks victimized by it. Trapped in the loop, banks hurt sovereigns, while sovereigns return the favor by hurting banks. Is there a way to break free of this deadly embrace? New research shines a light on a possible channel to freedom that strangely enough originates in the US.

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Morales’s Ouster Leaves Bolivia’s Economy in Precarious Position

by internationalbanker
Morales’s Ouster Leaves Bolivia’s Economy in Precarious Position

It’s been an eventful last few months for Bolivia, especially since October, when then-President Evo Morales, the country’s leader for more than 13 years, was forced from his position on the back of a disputed election. One of the most economically successful of Latin America’s new crop of leftist leaders who emerged in the new millennium, Morales, a member of the Aymara indigenous group, presided over more than a decade of robust economic growth.

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Banks, the Fed and Money Markets’ Woes

by internationalbanker
Banks, the Fed and Money Markets’ Woes

On the surface, the United States is soaring economically when compared to some of its rivals. But turbulence lurks under the nation’s wings. To a large extent, the Federal Reserve is underwriting this growth through monetary and fiscal channels, leading to instability in money markets. What transpires in the world’s largest economy and reserve-currency holder is guaranteed to impact the welfare of economies elsewhere, so what can we expect next?

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New Oil and Gas Discoveries Set to Fundamentally Transform the Economies of Guyana, Suriname and the Wider Caribbean Region

by internationalbanker
New Oil and Gas Discoveries Set to Fundamentally Transform the Economies of Guyana, Suriname and the Wider Caribbean Region

On January 20, reports emerged that the Caribbean nation of Guyana had officially exported its first-ever shipment of crude oil. The one million barrels of sweet crude that were sent to the United States had been produced at the Stabroek Block’s Liza oil field, which thanks to operator ExxonMobil had made history in December by producing the first crude oil in Guyana’s history.

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Keep the Taps On

by internationalbanker
Keep the Taps On

Though there are serious threats to global trade from potential trade wars, it continues to flow. Like clean drinking water, trade and the trade finance that secures it, are crucial to the health of the global economy and to that of individual nations. How can trade and trade finance be nurtured, especially in the face of costs and tensions that threaten to turn off the tap?

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