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Tuesday’s speech from Catalan president Carles Puigdemont went some way towards restoring a sense of calm in Europe, as he stopped short of making a unilateral declaration of independence from Spain, instead offering to negotiate with the national government. -
Bond markets remain sanguine about the declaration of independence by Catalonia's president Carles Puigdemont on Tuesday, but that could change sharply if Spain clamps down with force.
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Mongolia’s macho new prime minister Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh is taking the reins of a country that has suffered from excessive debt, a woeful credit rating and a corruption scandal which felled his predecessor. But despite the country’s struggles, his best policy approach may be simply to maintain the current course.
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The Lao People’s Democratic Republic, through the Ministry of Finance, raised Bt14bn ($420m) this week from a six-tranche bond in Thailand — its largest ever print. The sovereign also managed to push out its curve to an unprecedented 15 years, leveraging on Thai investors’ familiarity with its credit.
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The European Commission appears to be pushing ahead with plans to launch sovereign bond-backed securities, according to a draft document seen by GlobalCapital. While the intentions behind the product are noble, this is the wrong way to fix the eurozone’s sovereign-bank nexus.
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