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Issuers and their bankers have been too slow to react to the swift change in sentiment since the US election. That oversight became glaringly obvious this week with deals from BBVA and ANZ, but the mood swing was clear well before that.
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Donald Trump, US president-elect, is espousing a position long held by ECB president Mario Draghi: monetary policy is not the whole solution. It’s time to start building.
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Rather than wailing about a regulatory Trumpocalypse, those who care about the health of financial markets should seize upon last week’s shock US presidential result to help bring about meaningful and beneficial changes. -
Last week marked what looks like the death of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a comprehensive trade agreement that would have heralded closer integration between the US and the high growth economies of the Asia-Pacific region.
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There’s been no shortage of volatility in recent years, often ignited by one-off exogenous events — regional political uncertainties, the unexpected tone in a phrasing uttered by a central banker — and founded on a prolonged search for yield that has led to a one-sided market.
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It has been a common argument in the post-crisis years that excessive regulation has hurt American consumers by blocking access to credit. Given President-elect Donald Trump’s repeated promises to repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act — and the likelihood of a better business climate for banks — do consumers stand to benefit at all?
