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Nagel warms to interest rate cuts, stresses differences with US
Bundesbank president underlines strategic importance of digital payments
| By David Marsh and Taylor Pearce
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How Japan can escape financial socialism
Encouraging retail investors to buy the BoJ’s stock of ETFs could help restore free-market functioning
Investors lead the way on sustainable standards
Asset owners create SDI taxonomy for investment community
We are living on expensive climate credit
Bill Gates and Michael E Mann urge action on climate change in new books
Super Mario and the return of supply-side economics
Can Draghi use the European recovery fund to avoid Italy’s past mistakes?
SDR proposals could help reset international monetary system
Significance spreads beyond help for emerging nations
What central banks do next is vital for global economy
Should we be concerned about higher inflation after the pandemic?
Big Tech looks to opportunities in Asia
Financial regulators should watch what is happening in China
Treasury must call the shots on US foreign exchange policy
Trump’s approach was problematic, but it had teeth
Ultralong bond debate highlights US Treasury tensions
Debt management must evolve beyond the narrow view of lowest cost
Asia is ready to invest more in Central America
Connectivity and competitiveness are key to boosting flows
Fed can crush ‘bond vigilantes’ if it chooses
Unruly trading in Treasury market, sparked by uncertainty, may force Fed deeper into toolkit
ESG criteria are distorting markets and portfolio decisions
Will governments seize on the ESG wave to advance their political aims?
Financial policy-makers weigh in on gender balance
Senior figures from public and private sector offer solutions for addressing inequality
Currency disputes may soon resurface
Biden administration could face new debates over global imbalances
