Silicon Valley bets on crypto projects to disrupt finance
Silicon Valley bets on crypto projects to disrupt finance – https://on.ft.com/3pgDZy9 via @FT
Fed And ECB ‘Kryptonite’ Could Break Bitcoin Despite Massive Price Surge—But Here’s Why Ethereum Could Triumph
Is there a money and finance revolution in the making or a new fad. https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2021/03/20/fed-and-ecb-kryptonite-could-break-bitcoin-despite-massive-price-surge-but-heres-why-ethereum-could-triumph/amp/#aoh=16163382916919&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s
Pandemic threatens African economic success
Clear need for a pooled risk approach to African debt management Pandemic threatens African economic success – https://on.ft.com/2F3Sy57 via @FT
What level of reserves is truly “excessive”?
https://www.ft.com/content/6ff80724-be75-4b04-8044-049958e49cd5
New issuance of SDRs is vital to help poorer countries
Desperate need for a collective solution to Emerging Market credit crisis. https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/59dc3251-8e44-42ee-85b1-93d34fb8c8c6 via @FT
Mobile money is not helping Zimbabwe’s hyperinflation
Mobile money is not helping Zimbabwe’s hyperinflation – Dangers on a completely digital economy https://on.ft.com/2WluK18 via @FT
Europe’s biggest insurer lambasts ECB over rates
Europe’s biggest insurer lambasts ECB over rates Battle rages between central banks worldwide and the rest of the world https://on.ft.com/2nbe0ws via @FT
Explainer: The Fed has a repo problem. What’s that? | Article [AMP] | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-repo-tools-explainer-idUSKBN1W30EJ
Four big questions facing Facebook’s Libra coin
Four big questions facing Facebook’s Libra coin – https://on.ft.com/2x3Qcfv via @FT
Yield curve is no longer a reliable recession predictor: Wells Fargo
I disagree somewhat. For example the 2 year is simply the 1 year spot rate (ie “fedzone”) and the 1 year, 1 year forward (ie future fedzone). I don’t think you can so neatly bifurcate the Tsy curve. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/31/yield-curve-is-no-longer-a-reliable-recession-predictor-wells-fargo.html