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    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      Markets InsightEuropean Central Bank
      How the ECB can tackle fragmentation in the eurozone

      History shows diverging sovereign bond yields have high economic and political costs

    • Friday, 26 June, 2020
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      Wirecard proves Europe needs a single financial markets supervisor

      If Europe is serious about forging a Capital Markets Union, it will need to address its regulatory failings, argues Lorenzo Bini Smaghi.

    • Tuesday, 7 January, 2020
      FT AlphavilleGlobal Economy
      Target causes of low inflation before shifting goals 

      Europe’s central bankers want a new target. First they must look at why inflation has been so low for so long.

    • Wednesday, 3 July, 2019
      Societe Generale
      Société Générale chairman admits it was too slow to fire traders

      French bank’s shares are one of the worst performers in Europe’s banking sector

    • Monday, 15 October, 2018
      FT AlphavilleCentral banks
      Five reforms the ECB should embrace
    • Friday, 2 March, 2018
      The ExchangeCurrencies
      The perverse loop that is the euro’s key weakness

      The risk of a member’s exit from the bloc could be cut by an Article 50 provision

    • Friday, 20 October, 2017
      The ExchangeGlobal Economy
      European banking union needs its final leg

      A common deposit insurance scheme would reduce risk and moral hazard

    • Thursday, 12 October, 2017
      The ExchangeEurozone economy
      The ECB’s self-imposed limits complicate its QE exit

      Markets are worried by the restricted room for manoeuvre on monetary policy

    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2017
      The ExchangeCurrencies
      Why the euro appreciation is a headache for the ECB

      The rise of the single currency against the dollar may have further to go

    • Monday, 8 May, 2017
      The ExchangeEuropean companies
      The ECB’s dilemma is when to trigger the turning point

      So far, the central bank has tightened too early and eased too late

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      A lack of trust is blighting Greece
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      How far will the pendulum swing against globalisation?
    • Tuesday, 27 September, 2016
      The ExchangeEU Capital Markets Union
      Europe’s banks need consolidation to find stability
    • Wednesday, 7 September, 2016
      The ExchangeWorld
      The ECB shows that central banks are sometimes the only game in town
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      The ExchangeCurrencies
      If QE is not the answer for Europe, what is?
    • Friday, 18 December, 2015
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      Economist Lorenzo Bini Smaghi on managing Italy’s legacy

      Chairman of Société Générale says his country’s cultural heritage is so omnipresent, those who have to maintain it do not feel free

    • Tuesday, 8 December, 2015
      The ExchangeEuropean banks
      A common guarantee scheme is vital for eurozone banking union
    • Tuesday, 10 November, 2015
      The ExchangeCurrencies
      The interplay of a Fed tightening and an ECB easing
    • Monday, 19 January, 2015
      European companies
      Société Générale splits chairman and chief’s roles

      Lorenzo Bini Smaghi to head board of directors while Frédéric Oudéa retains position

    • Friday, 19 April, 2013
      Merryn Somerset Webb
      How the UK’s house price bubble might deflate

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      Washington, not markets, calls the shots

      Shares show fragility in the face of uncertainty and political gridlock

    • Wednesday, 29 February, 2012
      European banks
      Banks should learn to go it alone

      Cheap three-year funding prompts serious concern, writes Lorenzo Bini Smaghi

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      Only eurozone exits will let IMF get its money back
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      Eurozone economy
      Misdiagnosis has made IMF cavalier with taxpayer money
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