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FCA issues new call to action for more agile regulatory environment

‘UK cannot afford to view financial regulation in isolation from growth’
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Transparency lays bare Fed disharmony

Transparency lays bare Fed disharmony

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Powell’s press conferences rarely proffer market clarity
‘Two degrees’ overtaking ‘2% inflation’

‘Two degrees’ overtaking ‘2% inflation’

Governments must empower central banks to combat climate risks
Claustrophobia on Fed balance sheet

Claustrophobia on Fed balance sheet

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Diminishing balance sheet struggles with liquidity demands
‘Only one justification’ for fresh ECB QE

‘Only one justification’ for fresh ECB QE

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Macroeconomic engineering will not end well
Libra and the global monetary system

Libra and the global monetary system

Co-creator addresses digital currency’s design and objectives
Politics, manipulation and credibility

Politics, manipulation and credibility

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Complexities of central bank communication
Lagarde’s communications challenge

Lagarde’s communications challenge

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Reassessing ECB’s policy framework
London’s role in capital markets union

London’s role in capital markets union

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Much to gain from EU-UK financial services co-operation
China will overtake US in tech race

China will overtake US in tech race

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Regionalisation favours Beijing’s pan-Asian market ambitions
Trump hastens advent of multipolar world

Trump hastens advent of multipolar world

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President embodies return to classical Washington isolationism
Europe’s fiscal fisticuffs

Europe’s fiscal fisticuffs

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ECB old guard fears ever-closer unionists
IMF’s raison d’être in jeopardy

IMF’s raison d’être in jeopardy

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Fresh difficulties await world’s finance ministers in Washington
Imperilled co-operation at IMF annual meetings

Imperilled co-operation at IMF annual meetings

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Sluggish economy, difficult country programmes top agenda
Euro-debt issuance rising in prominence

Euro-debt issuance rising in prominence

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Cheap European funding market promoting 'reverse Yankee' bonds
Carney's proposals for multipolarity

Carney’s proposals for multipolarity

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'Synthetic hegemonic currency' is too futuristic
Living with deflation

Living with deflation

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Japanese precedent for advanced economy central banks

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