Headwinds persist
Maarten Verwey and Oliver Dieckmann discuss the Commission’s Winter 2023 Economic Forecast and describe how the EU economy is set to escape recession
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Finance
The safe asset potential of EU-issued bonds
The euro area suffers from a relative lack of euro-denominated safe assets. Tilman Bletzinger, William Greif and Bernd Schwaab evaluate the prospects of EU-issued bonds for becoming a supranational euro-denominated safe asset
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Bigtechs in finance: forging a new regulatory path
Agustín Carstens considers the reach of large technology in the finance sector and the implications for public policy
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Scaling up climate finance for EMDEs
The growing impact of global warming reminds us of the urgency of the green transition. Bo Li argues that without decisive action things are set to get worse
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Crypto dominoes
Cryptoassets promise radical change in how people pay, save and invest. Fabio Panetta considers the bursting crypto bubbles and the destiny of digital finance
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The beginning of the end for cryptocurrencies
Jon Danielsson argues that cryptocurrencies have now reached the beginning of the end as the factors fuelling their success have come to a standstill
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Reflections on DeFi, digital currencies and regulation
Jon Cunliffe reflects on recent crypto market developments, and discusses the work that authorities are doing on the regulation of crypto stablecoins and a potential central bank digital currency
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Embracing financial inclusion
WCR interviews Josephine George, Managing Director of the Bank of St Helena, who discusses the Bank’s embracing of financial inclusion in an ever-changing world
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Monetary policy and the Great Volatility
The Great Moderation was a period of prosperity. Isabel Schnabel argues that it is up to central banks whether today’s challenges will lead to the Great Volatility
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TISE’s strategy for sustainable growth
In this Q&A, Cees Vermaas, CEO of The International Stock Exchange (TISE), explores the impact of macro-economic conditions on latest listing trends and the execution of a strategy to deliver a business model for sustaining future growth
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