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Fed's 2022 rate rises to bite fully this year

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INTERNATIONAL

The major central banks use one key tool to implement policy and influence the economy as directly as possible -- an overnight interest rate on banks’ reserves at the central…

New Nigerian bank lending policy may disappoint

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NIGERIA

Nigerian banking innovations.

ASEAN alcohol sector set for strong growth

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ASEAN

Investment and the alcoholic drinks sector in South-east Asia.

External factors will slow Greek GDP growth next year

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GREECE

The economy is on track to grow by 5.3% year-on-year in 2022, outperforming market expectations for the second year in a row. In a sign of its recovery, Greece left the EU's…

Investors will benefit from ASEAN e-commerce boom

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ASEAN

The outlook for an ASEAN e-commerce boom.

Brexit will accentuate global market distortions

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INTERNATIONAL

Outlook for post-Brexit markets.

ECB sovereign QE could support inflation trends

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EURO-AREA

The programme expands existing purchases of asset-backed securities and covered bonds with large-scale buying of bonds issued by euro-area governments, agencies and European…

Prospects for the global economy in 2022

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PROSPECTS 2022

Services and investment should recover this year but all regions are vulnerable to disruptions. Many supply-side strains will persist, as will the energy, transport and labour…

Prospects for the global economy in 2016

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PROSPECTS 2016

Prospects for the global economy in 2016.

The central banks face an increasingly complex dilemma

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INTERNATIONAL

With inflation lasting longer than expected, worries about the impact on banking may limit the scope for more rate hikes. Equally, a pause could undermine central banks'…