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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB241413
ISSN: 2633-304X
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State-controlled PZU Group, Poland's largest insurer, was already bidding for a 25% stake in Italian-controlled mid-tier lender Alior Bank, and now wants to acquire Austrian-owned…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB200029
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The move will have a significant immediate impact on the cost of capital in the offshore renminbi market. More importantly, it highlights the difficult balance being struck by…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB208033
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Georgian economic developments.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB244246
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Holding interest rates at their current low levels is likely to lead to further consolidation of Poland's banking sector, as larger state-owned companies absorb smaller players…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB213479
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Kazakhstan's banking sector.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB241317
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Banks had hoped to share with borrowers the at-least USD5bn cost of making provision for Swiss franc mortgages. These mortgages were common prior to 2008, due to low interest…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281287
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Canada's economic outlook.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB207583
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Bulgaria must also join the European Banking Union (EBU) as part of its Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) II bid, in order to alleviate concerns over institutional governance…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB245111
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It was a bid to stabilise the lira. Bank deposit and credit rates have already risen sharply, and credit growth has virtually halted. As Turkey’s economic crisis takes hold, the…