Debt Management
Debt repayment problems have ‘severe consequences’ on consumption, paper finds
Quarterly consumption 30% lower when debt repayment problems arise
Jamaican officials point to management plans as debt falls
Jamaica set to reduce debt-to-GDP ratio to 125% in pursuit of 90% target
RBI sheds new light on debt management strategy
Central bank hopes to give investors greater certainty
Mass walkout at RBI disrupts clearing and settlement
The majority of the RBI’s 17,000 staff took ‘mass casual leave’ today
IMF paper challenges idea of debt threshold effect
Debt trajectory is important, researchers find
Argentine reserves spared as US court overturns ruling
Central bank will not have to pay back money owed by government
RBI paper explores challenges in public debt management
Research identifies a ‘narrow investor base’ as one hurdle
Central banks cannot avoid fiscal impact, Bundesbank panellists warn
Panellists raise question of how much power central banks should wield
IMF senior counsel explores legal frameworks for public debt management
Senior counsel in IMF’s legal department explores trade-offs
ECB’s Constâncio calls for eurozone to cut back on debt
Primary surpluses are key, ECB vice-president says
Chinese finance minister Lou Jiwei on local government debt and tax reform
Minister of finance explains how the government plans to tackle China's fiscal problems
IMF researchers highlight high cost of unnecessary fiscal consolidation
Fiscal consolidation carries costs that governments ought to make clear
Second Hong Kong sukuk oversubscribed by 100%
Five-year Islamic bond hits home with investors, pushing coupon below 2%
IMF researchers explore central bank security issuance
Low-income countries may struggle to issue central bank securities
Vanoli says Argentina seeking alternatives on bonds
Judge Griesa ruled against Citibank Argentina paying bondholders
Are central banks the ‘Figaro’ of the financial markets?
Central banks's role not an unfamiliar from an historical perspective
Book notes: Sovereign debt management, by Rosa María Lastra and Lee Buchheit
An immensely valuable compilation of contributions by lawyers and economists
Lagarde lauds new Mexican bonds with ‘strengthened' collective action clauses
Kazakhstan and Vietnam have also applied the new rules, says Lagarde
BIS paper proposes defence against market panics
Governments could link level of borrowing to interest rates
IMF calls for ‘modified pari passu clauses’ in new international sovereign bonds
Executive board supports contractual reforms that would make restructuring ‘more orderly’
Bank of Lithuania invests $100 million into Chinese capital markets
Central bank one of the first in Europe to invest in China
Balance sheet saw ‘substantial’ growth in past year, says RBA’s Stevens
Government intervention and payments fed growth
Summers calls on Fed and US Treasury to 'fully' coordinate debt management
Paper finds Treasury purchases of long-term bonds offset third of QE benefits
Supreme Court clears Central Bank of Sri Lanka over Greek investment
Country's top court says investment decisions ‘best left to central bank’