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1 – 10 of 52In the current low-interest-rate environment, private debt and other alternative assets have become a key part of investors’ portfolios given their attractive risk-adjusted…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267946
ISSN: 2633-304X
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At its first meeting of 2017, on January 10-11, the COPOM reduced the benchmark Selic interest rate to 13%. The 75-basis-point (bp) rate cut decision, the largest in nearly five…
The government will probably create an off-budget 'special purpose vehicle' to manage the lending from the Export-Import Bank of China. Using this mechanism rather than including…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB214848
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Recent developments suggest that policymakers are happy with slower investment growth, but worry about the possibility of an abrupt slowdown in lending and the risk that household…
The government has continued to absorb banks’ liquidity to close the fiscal deficit, with most private investors reluctant to finance the Treasury. The decline in demand for…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280606
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It last month allowed banks to lend more to NBFCs that do not finance infrastructure, with the raised limit effective to year-end. This came after the government took control of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB239675
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Markets expect the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and ECB to raise rates by mid-year but are less certain about the trajectory thereafter. Tighter credit markets could pose a particular…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278631
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The Vollgeld (sovereign money) proposal, which claimed to make the banking system safer by preventing commercial banks creating money through requiring thems to keep 100% of their…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB235401
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But the ringgit has fallen by more than one-third from its peak in May 2013. Moves by Bank Negara, the central bank, to support the currency and most recently to clamp down on…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB216316
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The outlook for the business climate.