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Venezuela: The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, or the Risks of Fighting Inflation

Patricia Simoni - June 16, 2023. Published in Analítica

What is going on with U.S. banking regulators?

China: Silicon Valley Bank Collapse Highlights Failure of US Monetary and Technology Policies

Robin Koerner - March 23, 2023. Published in Guangming Daily

Is the fate of Silicon Valley Bank a sign of Silicon Valley’s future?

France: Regulating Cryptocurrencies At Last

Robin Koerner - November 18, 2022. Published in Le Monde

The FTX debacle is ... the result of ... a mixture of blindness, negligence and a toxic environment.

France: Morgan Stanley and Bank of America: Raising Barriers

Robin Koerner - January 27, 2022. Published in Les Echos

Farsighted investors are beginning to hear some of the music they have hoped for about a banking recovery[.]

Ukraine: Those Who Are Stronger Than Us Do Not Need Us

January 2, 2022. Published in Glavred

It seems that only the Ukrainian authorities do not know the main rule of international politics.

Qatar: Reclaiming Central Banks

Lalatendu Das - September 27, 2021. Published in Gulf Times

Fifty years ago, a political decision by one elected president and his advisers transformed the international financial architecture overnight.

Czech Republic: Where Are Our Friends in the US?

Robin Koerner - April 25, 2020. Published in Haló noviny

Donald Trump’s team really is capable of anything and has a strong enough stomach to throw allies ...overboard at any time.

France: Lowering Interest Rates: Muddled and Risky Decision

Robin Koerner - August 5, 2019. Published in Le Monde

Yet relaxing monetary policy to prevent a recession, which will happen sooner or later, also leads to conditions for an even worse financial crisis than the earlier one.

France: The Worrying Hegemony of US Banks

Robin Koerner - June 20, 2019. Published in Les Echos

As true swords of Damocles, American sanctions create a climate of uncertainty.

South Korea: What US Prosecutors’ Investigation of Japan’s Mitsubishi Financial Group Actually Means

Robin Koerner - December 2, 2018. Published in Segye Times

Ignoring the move against MUFG would be like fiddling while Rome burns.

South Korea: Practicality versus Justification

Robin Koerner - September 20, 2018. Published in Segye Times

Russia: Why New Sanctions Might Be the Costliest Yet for Russia

Rejeanne Lacroix - August 16, 2018. Published in Moscow Times

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