Inflation is casting a long shadow over the EU, with rates surpassing 3 percent. The path ahead involves striking a balance between controlling inflation and fostering economic resilience

The failures of Silicon Valley Bank in America and Swiss giant Credit Suisse raised the spectre that has haunted regulators ever since the Great Financial Crisis of 2008: Just how safe are the world’s banking giants and the global financial system?

In response to the economy-crippling stagflationary era of the 1970s, the two percent inflation target was adopted by many central banks as a means of preserving purchasing power. But what are the implications of raising this target?

Amid all the talk of when and how to end or reverse quantitative easing (QE), one question is almost never discussed: Why have central banks’ massive doses of bond purchases in Europe and the United States since 2009 had so little effect on the general price level?

The stock market upturn has been impressive, but there is no lack of threats to corporate profits. In the meantime, stimulus programmes are being withdrawn. Which is more important – the pace or the direction?

There is hardly anyone left who overlooked the bitcoin bull market, with BTC pushing to new all-time highs this year. Blockchain, it seems, is here to stay. The way legacy institutions and governments react will determine the future of finance. OctaFX wonders if peaceful coexistence might be an option?

First came a global pandemic, then national lockdowns, furloughing, redundancies and insolvencies. A vaccine roll-out and easing of restrictions pointed to better times, but could another problem be headed our way?

Monetary finance could by the key to restarting a stuttering economy, but fears of misuse have left central bankers extremely wary of politicians’ intentions