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  • In choosing to leave rates unchanged, the US Federal Reserve on Thursday night opened a window for borrowers to wave through funding. And in its minutes, it suggested that might be a broad window. Good job too.
  • It is easy to judge banks harshly for accepting or not accepting mandates from certain credits because of the c-word. But compliance departments’ seemingly renewed stringency, while frustrating for EM bankers, is a positive step.
  • Greece’s part in the eurozone sovereign debt crisis has always been secondary to the potential for disaster in larger countries like Spain. Now the latter country could be just months away from breaking up and a huge debt shock. Why does no one care?
  • This week brought the first of an expected rush of loans for Middle East banks, while Iraq is seeking a bond deal. Low oil prices mean a need for capital in the region, but it is not time for international dealers and investors to stampede there just yet.
  • The covered bond market showed its value this week as it enabled a wide range of banks to borrow in choppy conditions, across a range of tenors.
  • Sterling bonds are not always the most exciting market, but there is a new mini-boom going on that has no parallel in Europe.