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The temporary lifting of patent protections for anti-Covid vaccines scares markets, without convincing of its effectiveness. By taking sides in favour of the temporary lifting of patent [...]

How small investors reinvest the stock market. It starts with a social network-led rally. Then a league of small shareholders who launch a wave of purchases through the new trading platforms, and [...]

Measures against the pandemic have accentuated inequalities. Getting rid of the rags of 2020 won’t be so easy. Without regrets, we said goodbye to 2020. The coming year brings hopes for a release [...]

The imminent deployment of the anti-Covid vaccines raises high economic expectations. Are they exaggerated? The imminence of the anti-Covid vaccine has already boosted stock markets and generated [...]

Hailed by the markets and beyond, Janet Yellen has no real opponents. She may face no less oppositions I won’t hide it, I’m one of her fans! I had the chance to meet Janet Yellen when [...]

The pandemic has accelerated the digitalization of our relationships. What will be the winning models of this transformation? It is an understatement to say that the social distancing imposed by [...]

As expected, Jérôme Powell delivered the Fed’s new long-term monetary strategy to Jackson Hole. It leaves a taste of unfinished business. The Jackson Hole Symposium (this year held at a [...]

Banks, vectors of monetary creation, are on the front line in the COVID-19 crisis. The opportunity to settle the accounts for 2008. With rates already below zero, the European Central Bank has [...]

After several weeks of confinement, the conditions and the organization of the return to normal activities remain to be specified and will not be without risk. When will I see my hairdresser [...]

Central banks have become “lenders of first resort”. Shouldn’t they return this role to traditional banks? Containment will surely have unexpected effects. It may be that the [...]