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European oil refineries profitability to drop off
European oil refineries have little chance of making profits for companies over the next two years, despite the sector’s first quarter burst of profitability, say industry analysts.
In recent months it has become fashionable to speak of the PIGS (or even PIIGS) economies in derisory terms. The troubles of Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain and sometimes Ireland have spawned an acronym...
The Eurozone faces short- and medium-term challenges that may tear it apart, panellists said during the inaugural Credit Institute meeting on sovereign risk, held in London on March 23. During a discussion...
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Euro should not covet reserve role
Panellists in a new CentralBanking.com web seminar say becoming a reserve currency would hamper recovery
Senior economist warns of ‘triple-dip’ threat
The global economy could be hit by more turbulence over the next two years in a triple-dip recession, Deutsche Bank’s former chief economist has said in an interview with Credit. Norbert Walter, who since retiring from Deutsche Bank last December...
Major economies must heed Greece lesson, says Reinhart
Major economies need to “come to terms with their debt” if they are to avoid the problems afflicting Greece, a leading economist has warned. As fears grow over the risk of a sovereign default in the Eurozone, Carmen Reinhart, director of the Center...
“We failed the system”: Carney at RBI panel
Governors including Canada’s Mark Carney and India’s Duvvuri Subbarao point to imbalances as root cause of the crisis, but skirt around concerns over the dollar
Greek woes revive seven-year old Goldman swap story
A Risk magazine article, written in 2003, has now been picked up by Bloomberg, BusinessWeek, City AM, Reuters, Reuters's Felix Salmon, the Financial Times and the Independent, among others. It outlines the swap transaction Goldman Sachs completed for...
UK Conservative party outlines financial and economic reforms in new...
The UK's shadow chancellor, George Osborne, reaffirmed the Conservative party's commitment to "abolish the failed tripartite system of regulation and put the Bank of England back in charge" of prudential supervision at the launch of A New Economic Model:...
Fraud cost UK £30 billion last year, says study
The annual cost to the UK from fraud has reached £30 billion, according to a report released this week by the country’s National Fraud Authority (NFA). The government agency’s figure includes the full range of frauds committed against businesses,...
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