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August 22, 2024
Colombia's GDP grew 2.1% year-on-year in Q2 2024, exceeding the 0.8% growth in Q1. Domestic demand and investment showed signs of recovery, with household consumption up 1.5% and investment up 4.3%. A 1.8% growth is expected for 2024.
April 6, 2020
The last weekend of March saw the Spanish Government make the isolation measures in the country more restrictive, bringing a halt to all non-essential activity in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Activities considered essential include those carried out by financial services companies, including banks.
November 29, 2019
Bank assets growth picked up to 7.7% in Q3 2019 supported by a higher loan growth rate. Assets quality worsened and diverged among big and smaller banks. Capital adequacy ratio dropped on faster growth in risk-weighted assets, small banks are facing deteriorating conditions in funding through NCDs and bond market.
October 16, 2019
Under BRRD 2, European banks’ MREL deficit is €112bn (63% attributable to O-SIIs and non-systemic banks) and €188bn lower than 2018 results, mostly explained by issuances of €194bn during 2018–2019. Erosion of profitability is now critical, with interest expense increasing 2.3-3.2%. Basel IV significantly increase needs.
July 15, 2019
The announcement of the launch of Libra, the digital currency that Facebook plans to implement, has sparked interest, concern and, above all, great uncertainty about its viability as a business and its financial and social impact.
March 7, 2019
The emergence of cryptocurrencies is opening the way to Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). This paper highlights the pros and cons of issuing CBDCs under four different variants: from the more modest proposals to the most ambitious ones where there could be a serious disruption in financial intermediation.
July 10, 2017
In Spain, as in the rest of Europe, the number of banks has fallen significantly during the crisis. In general terms, banks have merged to improve their profitability or efficiency, or when a vulnerable bank has had to be absorbed.
March 29, 2017
Following advances in the distributed ledger technology, central banks are assessing the issuance of digital currency. There's a range of possible schemes to adopt depending on which features of cash to hold: universality, anonymity and non-yield bearing. We analyze opportunities and challenges of 4 key schemes, that support a strategy of gradual testing and implementation
February 6, 2017
Emerging Market (EMs) bank lending conditions worsened in 2016Q4. Funding conditions in EM deteriorated in 2016Q4 as a consequence of a tighter liquidity environment. International funding conditions deteriorated mostly in Turkey. The average funding rate of the CBRT increased sharply during the month (more than 200 bp).
December 7, 2016
Financial stress for EM rose in November, due to US elections and increase in the probability of a Fed rate hike in December. Turkish equities lagged behind the EM in November. Risk premium (CDS) of Turkey increased to 290 bps,
March 8, 2016
Consumer credit grew less than expected. Its year-on-year growth was lowest in 22 months. Revolving credit contracted compared to last month, but this is likely transitory. Nonrevolving credit increased solidly
