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Markets may misjudge risk of Greek exit from euro-area

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GREECE/EURO-AREA

While the scope for widespread contagion across Southern Europe is much more limited this time around because of the new ownership structure of Greece's public debt -- more than…

Market volatility is a gift to the gold price

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INTERNATIONAL

Gold outperformed other asset classes, including US equities, last year for the first time since 2011. However, this was due more to gold's relatively low volatility than to…

Central European local investors will hold on to bonds

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CENTRAL EUROPE

The lira’s collapse is fuelling outflows from Turkey’s local currency government debt market, as foreign investors reduce their purchases of emerging market (EM) domestic debt…

Iran’s banking reforms will falter

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IRAN

Iran’s banking sector in urgent need of reform.

Sluggish Emerging Europe credit growth is due to NPLs

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EUROPE

An NPL overhang will crimp credit growth in Emerging Europe.

Predatory army will stifle east Libya economy

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LIBYA

Eastern economy.

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…