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A borrowers’ club: the missing piece in the debt architecture?

A borrowers’ club: the missing piece in the debt architecture?

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The real test is whether it changes how countries borrow and account for their choices
Still a privilege, no longer exorbitant

Still a privilege, no longer exorbitant

Investors still pay a premium to hold dollars but now demand one to hold Treasuries
The inevitable mathematics of sovereign debt

The inevitable mathematics of sovereign debt

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Central banks understand it, so should individual investors
America's largest foreign creditor is American

America’s largest foreign creditor is American

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The Treasury market's buyer base has changed hands
The bond market sell off and the UK budget

The bond market sell off and the UK budget

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Healey should use global uncertainty as opportunity for major reform
The UK’s fiscal rules do not work

The UK’s fiscal rules do not work

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New chancellor should be bold enough to make further changes
Innovation raises the sovereignty premium

Innovation raises the sovereignty premium

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Jackson Hole 2026: why more fluid finance can raise cost of preserving domestic monetary space
Bank of Finland’s Olli Rehn’s strategic call on interest rates and common debt

Bank of Finland’s Olli Rehn’s strategic call on interest rates and common debt

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Proposals for ECB ‘forward guidance’ and Europe-wide safe asset to boost euro
Putting safe assets back on Europe’s policy table

Putting safe assets back on Europe’s policy table

Increasing European safe asset supply without mutualisation
Debt office overhaul overdue in low-income countries

Debt office overhaul overdue in low-income countries

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‘Transparency is the cheapest credit enhancement a poor country can buy’
US Treasury market is living on borrowed time

US Treasury market is living on borrowed time

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Traditional investors are turning away from US debt
Bond yield volatility: just ‘yips’ or the return of vigilantes?

Bond yield volatility: just ‘yips’ or the return of vigilantes?

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Higher structural yields may be a feature, not a bug
How to finance Europe's defence needs

How to finance Europe’s defence needs

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Joint procurement and purpose-built financial architecture
China overcapacity mirrors European underinvestment

China overcapacity mirrors European underinvestment

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Two sides of the same asset governance problem
US-UAE swap would be political, not financial

US-UAE swap would be political, not financial

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‘Swap’ is a mystical and overhyped misnomer
Wars are won by capacity

Wars are won by capacity

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Public assets are the overlooked advantage

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