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India’s Ministry of Finance is making big efforts to revive the country’s stagnating economy, with measures to front-load infrastructure spending and boost consumption. But experts warn that it will take many more tough reforms to get India back to its heyday of strong growth.
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In an exclusive interview with GlobalMarkets, the vice president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, says that he wants to see half of lending going to the private sector within 10 years
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The recent bond market sell-off has provided an opportune window for issuers to bring positive yielding deals, boosting demand for SSAs and covered bonds. It’s difficult to imagine this move will prove anything other than temporary, suggesting hesitant issuers should seize the opportunity before it disappears.
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When life gives you lemons, stay cool and ask life what else it has got.
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Sri Lanka’s deputy central bank governor, P Nandalal Weerasinghe, tells GlobalMarkets that claims it had fallen into a Chinese debt trap are “rubbish”, pointing out that loans from the Asian giant were lower than those from some multilateral development banks
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Ma Jun, a green activist who also sits on the monetary policy committee of the Chinese central bank, tells GlobalMarkets that multilateral development banks need to focus on risk mitigation, reduce the risk of default on demonstration projects and help local banks deliver more lending if they want to deliver on financing green infrastructure
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Heavy debt burdens are forcing African countries to either renegotiate loan terms with China, or ask for debt forgiveness, with some blaming China’s lack of attention to debt sustainability.
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A new report claims that Taiwan has over a $100bn of hidden dollar reserves — more than enough for the US Treasury to classify the Asian country a currency manipulator if it wanted to. But given Taiwan’s strained relationship with China, the US might be prepared to look the other way -
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The European Central Bank’s (ECB) decision to introduce tiered deposit rates means that €800bn of cash held at the central bank will pay a higher interest rate than most covered bonds. This is not bad news for spreads — it just sounds like it is.
