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The stimulus schemes will stress the financial system

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INTERNATIONAL

While the Federal Reserve (Fed) rejects negative interest rates, and instead considers yield-curve control, even the prospect of negative US rates is accentuating distortions in…

Crisis will cut profits, add risks for Turkish banks

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TURKEY

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…

Money torrents will dominate global markets in 2015

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INTERNATIONAL

Prospects for market trends in 2015.

China will press on with financial reform and opening

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CHINA

Financial reform and opening in China.

Russia adjusts financial sector and looks to renminbi

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RUSSIA

Russia's banking sector suffered a USD26bn loss in January-June. Russia is shut out of international capital markets and is almost exclusively reliant on domestic investors to…

Russian banks face another tough year in 2023

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RUSSIA

Banking-sector stability is vital for the functioning of the Russian economy: bank credit is facilitating economic restructuring. Although the sector withstood the first impact of…

Central bank action will drive global equity markets

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INTERNATIONAL

This volatility is driven by expectations of further monetary stimulus in response to a slowing economy. Despite persistent concerns about the fallout from the anticipated…

China’s monetary policy will rely on banks’ compliance

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CHINA

China’s GDP growth slowed to 6.4% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2018, with full-year growth at 6.6%. The PBoC is loosening monetary policy to support growth by lowering…

Iran’s ebullient stock market is heading for a crash

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IRAN

This was despite a sharp economic contraction, high inflation and currency devaluation. The government has played a significant role in promoting equities growth, with state or…

Stock crash shows cracks in 'China model'

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CHINA

Strenuous government efforts to support the market raise doubts about the foresight and control exercised by Beijing in actively encouraging an unsustainable equities boom in the…