April 19, 2022/CSL Research The Consumer Price Index (CPI) data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)  showed that headline inflation increased for the second consecutive month by 21bps to  15.92% y/y in March, with most of the drivers stemming from the food inflation (+9bps to  17.20% y/y), while […]

April 19, 2022/CMC Connect BCW by Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM Stocks in Asia traded cautiously on Tuesday, following a negative close on Wall Street overnight as growth concerns, inflation worries and geopolitical tensions hit risk sentiment. European markets opened lower this morning due to the deepening crisis […]

(IMAGE: ILGOR KUTYAEV/ISTOCK BY GETTY IMAGES) April 18, 2022/IMFBlog By Andrea Deghi, Fabio Natalucci and Mahvash S. Qureshi Banks’ holdings of sovereign debt rise to a record as governments spend to cushion pandemic impact. The pandemic has left emerging-market banks holding record levels of government debt, increasing the odds that […]