COVID-19 PRESENTS ECONOMIC POLICY MAKERS WITH A NEW SORT OF THREAT / THE ECONOMIST

Covid-19 presents economic policymakers with a new sort of threat It mixes demand and supply effects THE ONLY thing we have to fear i...

WHEN CHINA SNEEZES / PROJECT SYNDICATE

When China Sneezes The COVID-19 outbreak has hit at a time of much greater economic vulnerability than in 2003, during the SARS outbreak, ...

THE FED PUT HAS NO CLOTHES / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

The Fed Put Has No Clothes The coronavirus concern in equity markets has been sharpened by a realization that the Fed can’t save our port...

A SEA OF DEBT: CORPORATE BONDS AND LOANS ARE AT THE CENTRE OF A NEW FINANCIAL SCARE / THE ECONOMIST

A sea of debt Corporate bonds and loans are at the centre of a new financial scare The pool of corporate lending has risen to $74trn ...

WHY SWEDEN DITCHED ITS NEGATIVE RATE EXPERIMENT / THE FINANCIAL TIMES BIG READ

Why Sweden ditched its negative rate experiment Results of the Riksbank’s 5-year trial are being scrutinised by the world’s leading centr...

THE U.S.-PHILIPPINE ALLIANCE ON THE ROCKS / GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES

The US-Philippine Alliance on the Rocks By: Phillip Orchard There’s an old joke in the Philippines – “Yankee go home … and take me with...

UTILITIES´ MESSAGE ABOUT CENTRAL BANKS / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Utilities’ Message About Central Banks Such companies have done better than growth stocks, which offers insight into what people think abo...

RELIEVING LIBYA´S AGONY / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Relieving Libya’s Agony The credibility of all external actors in the Libyan conflict is now at stake. The main domestic players will low...

LAST CHANCE FOR THE CLIMATE TRANSITION / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

Last chance for the climate transition Achieving zero emissions by 2050 would require unprecedented global co-operation Martin Wolf ©...