Debt Management
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’
EM East Asian bond success could be undermined by ‘tighter liquidity’
Outstanding bonds reached $7.9 trillion in June
Bank rules and their impact on inequality
Regulation has a profound effect on levels of financial inclusion
IMF paper says long-term debt creates ‘incentive to default’
Research considers maturity structure of sovereign debt portfolios
Hong Kong's first Islamic bond raises $1bn
Around 83% allocated to investors in Asia and Middle East
IMF economist analyses effect of floods and storms on Caribbean debt-to-GDP
Both storms and floods affect growth negatively, but only floods affect debt
Bank of Ghana admits monetising government debt
West African central bank tries to take funding pressure off government as investors flee
EU sovereign debt managers fall in line with two-day settlement rule
Member states agree to bring OTC settlement in line with CSDR
Turkey’s pursuit of output-based models
Central Bank of Turkey has shifted to use outputs for budgeting purposes
Anti-capitalist group claims responsibility for Bank of Greece bombing
Greek central bank rattled by attack that injured security personnel