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Pressure on EU banks is escalating and could intensify

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EURO-AREA

Either event could cause confidence in Europe's banks to plunge. The financial and sovereign debt 'double crisis' has dealt the European banking system a double blow from which…

European investment funding and behaviour is changing

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EUROPE

Investment financing and behaviour.

Normalisation threatens Emerging Europe’s bond markets

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EUROPE

The risks to Emerging Europe’s bond markets from the removal of monetary stimulus.

Italy’s woes expose euro-area governance failures

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EURO-AREA

The political uncertainty in Rome is hampering efforts to restore confidence in MPS and poses a challenge to the implementation of the EU’s controversial ‘bail-in’ rules.

Central bank missteps are Emerging Europe's main risk

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EUROPE

The implications of a sharp rise in foreign holdings of local currency-denominated government bonds in Emerging Europe.

Foreign-exchange risk dogs Central Europe

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EUROPE

This unexpected appreciation surge came after several weeks of sharp currency swings, as contagion from the Greek crisis hit foreign exchange (FX) markets. In the 'Visegrad Four'…

Central Europe's slow rate rises will aim at growth

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CENTRAL EUROPE

The MNB’s first rate rise in a decade responds to headline inflation rising to the highest rate in the EU. The US Federal Reserve (Fed) decision to bring forward raising interest…

Relief of looser US monetary policy cannot mask risks

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INTERNATIONAL

Following the meal, the Fed said Powell did not discuss monetary policy "except to stress that the path of policy will depend entirely on incoming economic information and what…

Hungary will be at risk from too-loose monetary policy

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CENTRAL EUROPE

Central Europe’s resilience to EM sell-off.

Swiss franc and Greek risk may hit Polish zloty

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EUROPE

While the Swiss franc has since retracted most of its unprecedented gains, Central European (CE) currencies -- peculiarly exposed to fallout from the SNB's decision by the high…