Finance Is the US Dollar’s Role as the World’s Reserve Currency Under Threat? by internationalbanker September 30, 2020 The last decade or so has seen concerns grow significantly over the long-term health of the dollar. Those concerns have … Continue Reading September 30, 2020 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Banking The ECB Keeps Rates Unchanged by internationalbanker September 21, 2020 During its policy meeting on Thursday, September 10, the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to keep its main refinancing benchmark … Continue Reading September 21, 2020 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Banking Are Negative Interest Rates Here to Stay? by internationalbanker February 19, 2020 Occasionally, an anomaly becomes the new normal, and this seems to be true of negative interest rates in many regions … Continue Reading February 19, 2020 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Banking Euro Area: Quo Vadis R*? by internationalbanker January 7, 2020 Interest rates have been depressed for so long in Europe, it’s hard to remember when they actually soared into the … Continue Reading January 7, 2020 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Banking Reforming Global Reference Rates: the Particular Challenges of EU Benchmark Reform by internationalbanker July 8, 2019 Interbank offered rates, the interest rates at which banks lend and borrow in the interbank market, are being replaced by … Continue Reading July 8, 2019 2 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Finance Yield Curves: What Do They Imply re Future Growth Prospects? by internationalbanker December 5, 2018 Little is more valuable to financial-market participants than accurate predictions of future growth. With interest rates on the rise in … Continue Reading December 5, 2018 1 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Finance Bridge over Troubled Water: Unease Amongst Allies and Trading Partners by internationalbanker September 19, 2018 The good news is that economic growth globally is strong, with a few exceptions, as the world shakes off the … Continue Reading September 19, 2018 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Banking Pricing Your Next Bank Deal: The Impact of Rising Rates, Tax Policy, and Volatility by internationalbanker May 16, 2018 While the pace of bank M&A transactions in 2018 has been on par with the same period in 2017, deal … Continue Reading May 16, 2018 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Banking Monetary Policy Dilemma in Latin America and the Caribbean: To Raise or Not to Raise Policy Interest Rates by internationalbanker March 19, 2018 As economic conditions return to “normal” in the industrial world, policy interest rates will inevitably rise from zero to “normal”—but … Continue Reading March 19, 2018 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Finance Low Interest Rates Don’t Mean Easy Money by internationalbanker March 14, 2017 Quantitative easing and low interest rates were to work together to ignite roaring economic growth following the last financial crisis; … Continue Reading March 14, 2017 1 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail