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Central-East European banks will weather COVID-19 hit

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EUROPE

Lockdowns to contain the spread of COVID-19 have slowed economic activity. Throughout Central, Eastern and South-eastern Europe (CESEE), there were major portfolio outflows in…

Central banks battle inflation and political headwinds

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INTERNATIONAL

With greater-than-usual uncertainty about the course of inflation and economic growth, decisions taken now by central banks will have a crucial impact on longer-term growth…

FX mortgages will weigh on Central-East European banks

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EUROPE

The challenging operating environment for CEE banks.

Strong data increase pressure on ECB to wind down QE

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EURO-AREA

Outlook for euro-area uantitative easing.

Central Europe banks face low risk

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EASTERN EUROPE

Banks in the four Visegrad countries (V4) countries -- Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia -- are generally sound and well-capitalised, but regulators are vigilant in…

Hungarian forint is increasingly vulnerable to attack

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CENTRAL EUROPE

Central banks’ policy dilemmas.

Prices may rise if lending picks up in major economies

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INTERNATIONAL

Similar fears accompanied the 2008-09 anti-crisis response, but did not come true. The main reason is that, while quantitative easing and other measures boost the monetary base…

Euro-area bonds may offer NYTM for decades, or forever

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INTERNATIONAL

NYTM -- Japan and the euro-area.

Ultra-loose monetary policy will soon run its course

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INTERNATIONAL

Expectations that the Fed will refrain from hiking its benchmark rates from its target range of 0.25-0.5% and that the Japanese central bank will provide further stimulus are…

Excess euro-area liquidity raises bank lending risks

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EU

The ECB stopped purchasing bonds this month after running its asset purchase programme (APP) since March 2015. The APP flooded commercial banks with liquidity in excess of their…