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Development finance - a matter that concerns both the developed and the developing

Finances Carlos Cuerpo - Joseph E. Stiglitz - July 1, 2025.

At the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development this week, delegates are calling for urgent action to fix a system that has stopped working. Prior...

What does the growth of Bitcoin and Ethereum really tell us?

Finances Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - June 26, 2025.

In the last two weeks of June, the digital assets market entered a phase that can rightly be described as ground-breaking. Bitcoin has surpassed the...

Africa must start asserting control over its own financial future

Finances Carlos Lopes - June 22, 2025.

Like many other multilateral forums, this month’s Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) may well produce impressive declarations and laudable promises. But will lofty...

Will the EU become the global model for controlling digital tokens?

Finances Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - June 15, 2025.

The Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) sets uniform standards for the operation of crypto exchanges and services regulating digital assets across the European Union. The...

Advocates of Fed independence should be worried

Finances Barry Eichengreen - June 10, 2025.

The independence of the US Federal Reserve is back in the spotlight. Late last month, Fed Chair Jerome Powell met at the White House with...

How far is the effective regulation in the cryptocurrency sector?

Finances Howard Davies - May 31, 2025.

A couple of years ago, the Atlantic Council published a report highlighting the remarkable global diversity of attitudes toward cryptocurrencies – which were generally legal...

Long-Term Bond Yields Show the Limits of Government Debt

Finances Daniel Lacalle - May 26, 2025.

The recent surge in long-term bond yields proves that market participants are losing confidence in sovereign issuers as the solvency of governments in developed economies...

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