July 19, 2019/Fitch Ratings Blockchain distributed ledger technology (blockchain or DLT) has the potential to improve the transparency and execution time of traditional securitizations and covered bonds, says Fitch Ratings. However, blockchain is largely untested in securitization and covered bonds and is currently narrowly applied. While Fitch acknowledges the transactional […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
June 2019 Inflation Report – A Deceleration Surprise
July 18, 2019/InvestmentOne Report Please click to download our June 2019 Inflation Update · On Monday, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released the Inflation report for the month of June 2019, which showed a decrease in inflation rates against our expectations. The report showed an deceleration in headline inflation, […]
Rebalancing the Global Economy: Some Progress but Challenges Ahead
July 17, 2019/IMFBlog By Gita Gopinath Following the global financial crisis, overall current account surpluses and deficits fell sharply from about 6 percent of global GDP in 2007 to about 3.5 percent in 2013. Since then, as shown in our new External Sector Report, global current account imbalances have declined […]
