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The New World Of Surging Debt
2+ hour, 23+ min ago (267+ words) Home Economics, Policy & Regulation The New World Of Surging Debt For CFOs planning capital allocation for 2026 and beyond, the headline number is hard to ignore: Global debt has surged to nearly $346 trillion in the third quarter of 2025, or about 310% of…...
Standard Bank’s Arno Daehnke On Corporate Risk And Liquidity Strategies
4+ week, 1+ day ago (425+ words) Home Executive Interviews Standard Bank's Arno Daehnke On Corporate Risk And Liquidity Strategies The chief finance and value management officer at the Johannesburg, South Africa-based bank explains how companies are strengthening liquidity, diversifying funding, and adopting digital tools to manage…...
Japan’s New Finance Minister Walks A Fiscal-Policy Tightrope
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (241+ words) Home News Japan's New Finance Minister Walks A Fiscal-Policy Tightrope In a historic appointment, Satsuki Katayama became Japan's first female finance minister in October, taking the reins of the powerful portfolio at a moment of acute economic tension in the…...
Why Banks And Private Equity Firms Are Both Competing And Collaborating In Private Credit?
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (396+ words) Home Private Credit Why Banks And Private Equity Firms Are Both Competing And Collaborating In Private Credit? Why are banks both increasingly cooperating and competing with PE firms in providing private credit? As banks have pulled back from lending to…...
Latin America: Reversing Course
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (903+ words) Home Economics, Policy & Regulation Latin America: Reversing Course Deindustrialization and recommodification have been setting Latin American economies back for decades. Can a push for greater productivity put them on track again? The Covid-19 pandemic made a dent, but two parallel…...
Latin America: Flipping The Script
3+ mon, 5+ hour ago (521+ words) Home Emerging & Frontier Markets Latin America: Flipping The Script Some of Latin America's smaller nations are stealing the limelight as US tariffs bring economic headwinds to the region. Some of Latin America's smaller states are flipping the script on their…...
From Court Case To Consumer: The High Cost Of Trump’s Tariffs
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (1057+ words) Home Economics, Policy & Regulation From Court Case To Consumer: The High Cost Of Trump's Tariffs Tariff rulings linger in court, but businesses are preparing for price hikes and supply chain disruptions anyway. US President Donald Trump suffered a setback in…...
Dimitar Radev: Preparing For Euro Membership
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (171+ words) Home Executive Interviews Dimitar Radev: Preparing For Euro Membership Dimitar Radev, governor of the Bulgarian National Bank, sees new opportunities ahead, along with continued fiscal prudence. Global Finance: Bulgaria is set to join the euro in January, a significant achievement…...
Carlos Carvallo Spalding: Pushing Stability, Reforms
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (94+ words) Carlos Carvallo Spalding, governor of the Central Bank of Paraguay, highlights prudent monetary policy and structural reforms in securing long-term growth. Global Finance: What is your expectation for the economy in the next 12 months? GF:In December 2024, the BCP changed…...
Central Banker Report Cards 2025: United By Uncertainty
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (769+ words) By contrast, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan left rates unchanged, while the European Central Bank also held steady and indicated its rate-cutting cycle may be nearing an end. The risk, ... Central banks brace for 2026 inflation risks,…...