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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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Borrowers name wider spreads and volatility as biggest concerns this year
Geopolitical and macroeconomic risks could complicate market environment
Don’t break stablecoins by making them local
Restrictive regulation could undermine benefits of digital currencies
Beyond climate, nature-related risks are hard to quantify and easy to miss
New research examines riskification of nature over last few decades
China has just raised its debt ceiling
Parliamentary sessions reveal everything is subordinate to growth
Trump is undermining the dollar’s global financing and reserve role
That could prove costly for the US and the world
Digital ledgers: rethinking financial record-keeping
Blockchain technology has provided an opportunity to reimagine business
Putin biographer forecasts Russo-Ukraine war will drag on
Will Russian leader step down once conflict eventually ends?
Culture is now key to gender diversity for US banks
Legacy of a decade of dedicated programmes remains to be seen
Latin American sovereigns take advantage of ‘perfect balance’ in eye of US volatility
Low spreads for issuers but attractive coupons for investors drives record start to 2025
Bundesbank’s new reputation: central bank that says ‘yes’
Proposals on German debt brake give backing for Berlin’s fiscal stimulus plans
The Gulf goes green, balancing oil legacy with ambitious sustainability goals
Transforming the GCC region from oil giants to green powerhouses
Trump’s America is making the ground shift beneath investors’ feet
Investors scramble to price in changes to three bedrock assumptions
Why Italy is attracting so many bank merger proposals
The ECB has an opportunity to build a sound banking sector
