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    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      Chinese economy
      Despite abandoning zero-Covid, China’s economic challenges are huge

      Beijing’s goal of a shift to greener high-tech industry requires a much more efficient financial system

    • Saturday, 8 October, 2022
      Global Economy
      Confidence slumps around the globe as cost of living crisis bites

      High food and energy prices have fuelled business and consumer pessimism, Brookings-FT tracking index shows

    • Monday, 15 August, 2022
      CryptofinanceCryptocurrencies
      Crypto poses serious challenges for regulators

      There are important questions to answer on systemic risk, market integrity and consumer protection

    • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
      Cryptocurrencies
      DeFi’s promise of democratising finance remains a distant reality

      Decentralised finance risks concentrating economic power and exacerbating existing inequities

    • Monday, 14 February, 2022
      Digital currencies
      Digital currencies carry threats as well as promises

      The proliferation of new financial technologies calls for better cross-border regulation and supervision

    • Thursday, 20 January, 2022
      Chinese economy
      China needs a new growth model, but that requires serious reform

      The government must clearly define its role in the economy and financial markets

    • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
      Decentralised finance
      DeFi is a reminder of the risks of unfettered financial engineering

      While they rely on libertarian ideals of self-governance, nascent blockchain systems are vulnerable

    • Thursday, 12 August, 2021
      Fintech
      Governments must help manage the risks of fintech

      Even the relatively low cost of entry into new digital markets does not guarantee fair competition

    • Friday, 9 August, 2019
      Currency wars
      There will be no winners in a currency war   

      Devaluation may seem tempting, but it helps neither China nor the US 

    • Tuesday, 1 January, 2019
      Blockchain
      The Fed should seize blockchain’s potential     

      Central banks must embrace new financial technologies to boost market stability

    • Sunday, 7 October, 2018
      Indian economy
      How India can avoid the emerging market blues

      Questions are being asked about the government’s commitment to liberalisation

    • Sunday, 1 July, 2018
      Currencies
      Renminbi’s worst month ever sparks US-China currency war fears

      Economists say any attempt to ‘weaponise’ China’s currency carries big risks

    • Sunday, 20 May, 2018
      US trade
      America beware: dollar supremacy is not forever

      Under Trump, the US is increasingly seen as an unreliable partner

    • Sunday, 29 April, 2018
      Chinese politics & policy
      Xi Jinping’s economic dream team must be allowed to succeed

      China needs a financial system that allocates resources more productively

    • Friday, 9 March, 2018
      Chinese politics & policy
      Reformist PBoC governor signs off after 15 years at helm

      Interest rate deregulation among highlights of Zhou’s modernisations

    • Wednesday, 7 March, 2018
      Global trade
      Gary Cohn’s departure leaves economic nationalists in the ascendant

      Champions of aggressive trade policy take up position to wield influence

    • Monday, 16 October, 2017
      Global Economy
      Serious economic reform is key to unlocking India’s potential

      Narendra Modi’s government can win investor confidence with bold strategies for change

    • Thursday, 14 September, 2017
      Chinese capital controls
      China needs to come clean on its exchange rate policy

      The central bank must let the renminbi’s value go where market forces take it

    • Tuesday, 18 July, 2017
      Banks
      How to fix China’s financial system

      Allocate capital to the more productive, employment-generating sectors

    • Sunday, 16 April, 2017
      Global Economy
      The global economic recovery is for real

      Advanced economies are settling into reasonable growth as emerging markets rebound

    • Wednesday, 5 April, 2017
      Special ReportHenny Sender
      US retreat from global financial system lets China in

      Companies are having to look closer to home to raise capital

    • Sunday, 12 March, 2017
      Chinese politics & policy
      China’s fixation on stability creates economic risks

      President Xi would increase control over the economy by letting markets operate

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2017
      Currencies
      Trump team questions the almighty dollar

      Break from longstanding policy raises fears of new currency wars

    • Wednesday, 26 October, 2016
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Resistible rise: China’s currency conundrum

      A new book by Eswar Prasad asks whether China can win reserve status for the renminbi

    • Monday, 3 October, 2016
      FT DataGlobal Economy
      Global economy remains mired in swamp of low growth

      Tiger index shows despondency in the global economy with isolated signs of strength

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