Despite worries about a new Asian Financial Crisis, much has changed since the last one in 1997. Even if a crisis were to materialise, it would look quite different from that of two decades ago.
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Business Briefing: Former chief World Bank economist on inequality and doing away with big money
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A former chief economist to the World Bank and economic adviser to the Indian government says doing away with big currency notes is a noble idea but an ineffective tool.
India is engulfed in chaos after Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced the wrong policy at the wrong time.
The Indian government recently demonetised 86% of its country’s cash – and kicked off a logistical nightmare.
The Chinese government should focus less on promoting the yuan internationally and more on domestic financial reform.
An enormous 8% drop in the pound was recently rectified in a matter of minutes but the ‘flash crash’ wasn’t merely an algorithm issue.
The drop in sterling following Brexit has been as strong as when Germany invaded France in 1940.
A weak pound might be good for exports but it is bad news for the investment that the economy is based on.
A plummeting pound, bonds at an all time low, stocks and commodities in freefall. The UK just spooked the world.
Uncertainty over the outcome of the EU referendum has sent currency markets into overdrive.
The cryptocurrency will soon undergo a major change – and no one knows what will happen next.
The announcement that Harriet Tubman will be the first woman on U.S. currency in more than a century recalls the history of female – and African-American – portrayals on money.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced a new five dollar note, to great general derision. The Australian Mint has a proud history of excellent design, so why is this new note so wrong?
It’s just a matter of time before Bitcoin secures legitimacy as a currency.
Australia’s original $1 note featured artwork taken without permission from Aboriginal artist, David Malangi. He was later given $1000, a medallion and a fishing kit, but archival evidence sheds new light on the affair.
Oddly enough, London’s mayor will have been cheered to spark a sell-off in the pound when political colleagues barely raised an eyebrow on skittish markets.
South Africa’s current economic situation is reminiscent of events in 1985 when the economy nearly collapsed. This article, first published last year, looks at the similarities.
The inclusion of the yuan into the IMF’s currency basket shouldn’t stop ongoing Chinese financial market reforms.
China’s interventions to cheapen its currency relative to others will hurt US imports in the short term, but the country’s surging “mainstream” will easily offset the impact.
The US may not like it, but by devaluing the yuan the People’s Bank of China has done what longtime critics of China’s currency policy have long been clamouring for.
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Professor of International Political Economy, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
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Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bayes Business School, City, University of London
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Head, The Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University
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ARC Future Fellow and Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University
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Professor of Twentieth Century Literary Studies, University of Southampton
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Professor and Head, School of Business, Monash University
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Professor, Monash University
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Director of the Centre for Digital Finance, Associate Professor in Finance, University of Southampton
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Professor of FinTech History and Global Trade, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor of Law, University of East London
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Founding Director, Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
