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Global reduction in 'unbanked' numbers to gather pace

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Progress in the reduction of the number of unbanked people.

Central bank digital currency launch is getting closer

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Fed Chair Jerome Powell is lukewarm on digital currencies but the multiple impacts of COVID-19, and the progress of China and other states on CBDCs, have reignited calls for a…

Central banks have a key role in greening the economy

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It will not be easy to reconcile new tasks with traditional price-stability mandates. Moreover, it is not clear what data banks should use to measure progress, while a green…

Money torrents will dominate global markets in 2015

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Prospects for market trends in 2015.

Skills shortage to test Islamic finance globally

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Progress towards addressing the skills shortage in Islamic finance.

Prospects for the global economy in 2018

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PROSPECTS 2018

PROSPECTS 2018: Global economy

Calls to bolster central bank legitimacy will grow

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While credited with avoiding financial and economic catastrophe, central banks have been criticised for intruding into the political realm, for example, by picking winners and…

Investors will diversify beyond usual ‘safe’ assets

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During September’s technology-led equity market sell-off, ten-year US Treasury yields barely budged, while gold fell by nearly 5% and has stagnated since. Investors are turning to…

Prospects for fintech to end-2017

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PROSPECTS H2 2017

Prospects for fintech to end-2017.

Prospects for the global economy in 2021

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PROSPECTS 2021

Europe and the United States may slip back into recession in the northern hemisphere winter. If vaccination succeeds, the advanced economies will recover robustly from mid-2021…