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How to reset UK fiscal policy after the retreat on benefit reform
Credibility will be key to ensuring market confidence
| By Peter Sedgwick
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Consequences of chaos: why the IMF is too optimistic about US policies
Impact of Trump trade measures will last longer than expected
Fix for payment rail fragmentation? Simpler, unified systems
Interoperable systems achieve higher adoption, efficiency and user satisfaction
Flows into Bunds and European sovereigns will remain consistent
Tariffs uncertainty will only strengthen these trends
Preventing trade shocks from igniting the next financial crisis
‘Preparedness, not prediction, is the watchword’
Japanese investors will demand a ‘MAGA discount’
As the risk of doing business with the US rises, so will the costs
Getting serious about euro internationalisation
As Trump undermines the dollar, Merz and Macron must take the lead
EIB issues ‘gold standard’ for green bonds
Landmark transaction paves the way for others to follow
Searching for non-existent answers at the spring meetings
US stagflation, trade mayhem, uncertainty, global market chaos
EU’s ‘new economies’ mustn’t be strongarmed by tariffs
Central and eastern Europe hardly lack alternatives but co-operation requires compromise
Emerging markets and tariffs: Asia will bear the brunt
Trade links with China and EU could hurt EM countries
Friedrich Merz’s eight big tests
From immigration to defence: no honeymoon for new German chancellor
The tariff crisis is a chance for the UK to reset policy
Government borrowing should be for investment
Capital crunch stifles entrepreneurs in low-income economies
The promise of markets and the reality of constraints
Central banking is still a man’s job – except in Serbia
‘Women make up over 57% of our workforce’
Rethinking public spending for long-term prosperity
Governments must shift their focus from short-term spending to long-term value
