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Cross-border payments system is ripe for flattening
Public ledgers could level the playing field
| By Andrew Gallucci
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Silver linings ahead as 2022 adds to pressures on public investors
Investors can look forward to real rates becoming less negative
Central banks can ease green economy transition while maintaining their mandates
Even in oil rich countries, central banks can contribute to cultural change
Financial markets will keep betting against the euro
New anti-fragmentation tool will not solve euro’s problems
African sovereigns should prepare for green bond opportunities
Investors encourage dialogue as issuance plans take shape
Germany’s trade deficit spells bad news for euro area monetary policy
Terms of trade in Europe set to suffer from higher energy prices
What are central bank reserves for?
Interplay between forward guidance and crisis aid presents a conundrum
How the European Stability Mechanism can help Italy
A way of solving the ECB’s fragmentation problem
Lamont: Fighting inflation like ‘balancing bubbles on a pin’
Last UK chancellor to face down inflation warns of tough choices to come
Uncomfortable realities behind ECB’s dilemma over fragmentation and inflation
Behind the scenes, spectre of losses for central banks – and for taxpayers
ECB to design new anti-fragmentation instrument
Rising spreads between euro area countries causing concern
Bungled monetary policy raises stakes for issuers and investors
Public investors will have to work harder to preserve capital
‘Definitional fog’ could obscure sustainable bond progress
Transparency is critical for further development
Tipping point crossed at IMF meetings
IMF’s spring meetings showed a global economic order in upheaval
