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EURO-AREA: Banking union faces long-term risks

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EURO-AREA

Banking union outlook.

Tighter global money risks exposing banks’ fault lines

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INTERNATIONAL

Addressing the concerns this raises for banks' profitability, the Financial Services Agency announced that it would stress test Japan's 105 regional banks in mid-2019. Central…

Risks outweigh rewards for very large EU bank mergers

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INTERNATIONAL

The 2008-09 financial crisis led to consolidation of the EU banking sector through mergers and acquisitions (M&As) of mostly domestic banks. A few EU countries have highly…

Brazil, Mexico banking results show diverging trends

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BRAZIL/MEXICO

The banking outlook.

Monetary tightening will spread through Central Europe

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CENTRAL EUROPE

Central banks’ divergent monetary policy stances in Central Europe.

Market volatility endangers moves to replace LIBOR

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INTERNATIONAL

The transition away from LIBOR.

Ethiopia's forex crunch will aggravate reform pressure

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ETHIOPIA

The government hopes this plan will above all inject fresh foreign currency into the cash-starved economy. Recently, it has had to manage its dwindling foreign exchange (forex…

Damascus will likely fail to stem currency collapse

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SYRIA

The Syrian pound’s weakening beyond 1,000 to the dollar on the parallel market has exposed the chronic weakness of the economy, even as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces move…

UNCTAD public banking drive will struggle for momentum

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INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL: Public bank prominence push may suffer

Turkey looks to ride out financial assets volatility

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TURKEY

The Central Bank is expected to keep its main interest rates on hold, despite the lira continuing to fall sharply against the dollar and headline and core inflation rates that are…