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A sovereign issuing bonds after US military strike threats would be absurd if those threats had been made by any other president
Foreigners' love of Swiss francs presents an unlikely opening for overseas borrowers
The necessity of clauses that help developing countries recover from catastrophes is getting more acute
Data-deprived markets should give the shutdown the attention it deserves
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‘Exorbitant privilege’ is the term often used to describe the unique financial freedom and power enjoyed by the US, as a result of the dollar’s role as the pre-eminent reserve currency.
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The European Stability Mechanism, which is set to bring its first benchmark bond next month, should not pick the easy option and go for a five year, even though with a conservative maturity it could achieve a book the likes of which are rarely seen.
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When does an economy turn the corner and start to recover? The UK thinks it has reached that point, as chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne declared on September 9: “our economic plan is working”.
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What precisely is it about Ben Bernanke’s job that markets don’t understand? Once again the bleating has started, about how the Federal Reserve has mishandled its communication to the market and Bernanke has made a mockery of forward guidance.
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Popular opinion had, until this week, been rather unkind to UK Financial Investments, the vehicle set up to look after the UK’s stakes in banks rescued from failure in the financial crisis. But the gloriously executed start to the government’s sales of its Lloyds stake on Tuesday showed that the consensus had been unfair.
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Five years ago this week, Lehman Brothers fell. The hubris of an investment banking industry that saw itself as master of the universe met a tragic reckoning.