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  • Friday, 3 April, 2020
    Market Forces
    The only exit trade that matters Premium

    Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

  • Friday, 3 April, 2020
    Adam Tooze
    The eurozone’s ‘whatever it takes’ mantra has a problem

    EU squabbles are turning that famous defiant phrase into a platitude

  • Friday, 3 April, 2020
    Capital markets
    Investor appetite returns for junk bonds

    Funds attract record inflows over past week to end five-week spell of outflows 

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    The toothless inflation peril Premium

    Price pressures are no reason to pull our policy punches

  • Wednesday, 1 April, 2020
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    Fed eases capital rule to encourage bank lending

    Analysts say move also clears way for leading lenders to support US Treasury market

  • Wednesday, 1 April, 2020
    Market Forces
    A lengthy economic winter Premium

    Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

  • Tuesday, 31 March, 2020
    Market Forces
    Closing the book on a tumultuous quarter Premium

    Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

  • Tuesday, 31 March, 2020
    Instant InsightGillian Tett
    The Federal Reserve unshackled

    US central bank goes beyond ‘America First’ to help stabilise the financial system

  • Tuesday, 31 March, 2020
    Currencies
    Fed sets up scheme to meet foreign demand for dollars

    Central bank meets global shortage of greenbacks after scramble for safety

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    Bank bonuses
    ECB financial supervisor urges banks to cut back on bonuses

    Andrea Enria calls on lenders to show ‘extreme moderation’ on pay to conserve capital

  • Monday, 30 March, 2020
    Market Forces
    Under lock and key for a while yet Premium

    Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

  • Monday, 30 March, 2020
    Monetary policy
    Emerging market central banks embark on radical stimulus policies

    Policymakers use bond-buying and liquidity injections in attempt to ease economic hit from virus

  • Monday, 30 March, 2020
    Markets InsightJim McCormick
    Four ways that coronavirus has changed capital markets

    Government spending pledges should mean higher yields and more inflation

  • Sunday, 29 March, 2020
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    Can the world afford stimulus on this scale?

    Policy injection is more dramatic than what we saw after financial crash

  • Friday, 27 March, 2020
    Market Forces
    Once the fire is doused comes damage assessment Premium

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  • Friday, 27 March, 2020
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    Fed’s big boost for BlackRock raises eyebrows on Wall Street

    New York asset manager is appointed by the central bank to run new easing programmes

  • Friday, 27 March, 2020
    Turkish economy
    Turkey’s borrowing masks ‘significant’ decline in forex reserves

    Measure of foreign-currency reserves drops to $1.5bn when excluding swap operations

  • Friday, 27 March, 2020
    AnalysisEurozone economy
    EU leaders at odds over coronavirus debt burden

    Northern states led by Germany worry about ‘monetary financing’ as ECB throws off shackles

  • Friday, 27 March, 2020
    On Wall StreetColby Smith
    Why the Fed should put the Treasuries market on a war footing

    Analysts say it is time to revive the yield curve control policy after more than 70 years

  • Thursday, 26 March, 2020
    FT AlphavilleCentral bank intervention
    What central banks giveth they taketh away with margin calls

    Central banks are supposed to offer counter-cyclical support in times of crisis. Macrofinance expert Daniela Gabor argues that when it comes to dollar swap facilities, central banks’ obsession with market discipline undermines that support.

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    MPC fears ‘longer-term damage to the economy’ from coronavirus crisis

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    ECB shakes off limits on new €750bn bond buying plan

    Central bank gives itself flexibility in bid to contain financial fallout from coronavirus

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    Capital markets
    South Africa launches bond purchases after virus roils markets

    Central bank unveils measures to provide liquidity as country readies for lockdown

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    Banknote virus fears won’t stop Germans hoarding cash

    Fear of contagion has boosted contactless payments but physical money still dominates

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    The new wartime economy in the era of coronavirus

    Recalling the second world war, the UK government is defining ‘rules of the road’ for businesses and citizens

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