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Editor’s Letter: Quantitative Might

We live in a world of quantitative easing and short-term interest rates close to zero; a world where central banks have recently taken on a new role, becoming the most active institutional investors in the world...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Editor’s Letter: The Effects Of Japanomics

<p>The extraordinary monetary moves of Haruhiko Kuroda, the new governor of the Bank of Japan, have dominated economic commentaries for the past few weeks...</p>

Banking

Editor’s Letter: Sign Of The Times

Banks are once again at the center of the debate on the state of global economies...

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Editor’s Letter: Nascent Optimism

Optimism reaches the real economy. This is the headline of a recent report from the Institute of International Finance...

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Editor’s Letter: Fewer Clouds, Fiercer Headwinds

There is little enthusiasm these days when it comes to economic forecasting...

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Editor’s Letter: Low-Altitude Flight

Over the last few weeks of 2012, when brokerage houses and investment banks were presenting their annual forecasts for the new year, there were timid signs of optimism...

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Editor’s Letter: As The Mists Burn Off

Now that the US has voted to grant a second term to its president, Barack Obama, and the Chinese ruling party has selected Xi Jinping as its new leader and future president, one big layer of uncertainty has faded from the international scene...

Banking

Editor’s Letter: Forecasts May Be Down,But Hope Is Rising

The annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Tokyo in October confirmed that the economic slowdown of Europe, and to a lesser extent of Japan and the US, has negatively affected emerging markets growth...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Editor’s letter: Excellence Amid Uncertainty

The annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Tokyo opens under the shadow of continuing economic uncertainty...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Editor’s Letter: The Demand Dilemma

In the Western world, September is synonymous with the beginning of the school year, and represents the resumption of full economic activity after summer vacation...

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Editor’s Letter: Anniversary Issue 2012

Many people are responsible for creating and sustaining <em> Global Finance </em> ...

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Editor’s Letter: Summer Revival?

The summer has been alive with global central bank activityfrom lower interest rates to new and more creative monetary measures...