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Ad hoc policy measures must now be accompanied by “a comprehensive set of policies that address the underlying problems," El Erian said

China’s slowdown means Latin American countries will have to push forward reform agendas

Some smaller offshore tax zones are likely to suffer because of the measures imposed by the US to crack down on tax evaders

Norddeutsche Landesbank has sold a stand-out debut dollar covered bond, ending Germany’s six year absence from the 144A covered market. The three year deal on Wednesday carried the lowest ever coupon for a covered bond in that currency and is the only outstanding public sector backed trade in the dollar covered market.

Five years since the crisis first struck, the global economy remains in a parlous state. The threats to world growth are only mounting

Emerging nations are talking big about investing in each others’ currencies. But diversifying reserves out of traditional assets will not be so easy

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim reveals his plan to 'bend the arc of history'

"If the ministers simply did all the things that they promised to do, I think we would be in a much better shape," Jim Yong Kim tells Emerging Markets

The fact that some emerging markets have now aquired safe haven status increases their risks, a member of the Bundesbank executive board said

Here is the full transcript of the exclusive interview with the president of the World Bank

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The IMF revised down its growth forecasts, saying that a slump in world trade threatens emerging markets