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In Venice, G-20 ministers and central bankers are showing a common front. Will it last? This year Venice meeting is reminiscent of another. In November 2008, in the midst of the financial and [...]

At 93, Henry Kaufman gives his thoughts on the evolution of finance and monetary policies… A lesson to ponder. Henry Kaufman represents for many in the profession, the model of the [...]

Is inflation back for good? Markets are starting to worry about that. The case is heard and widely expected, inflation is gaining ground. Whether on the side of Chinese producer prices (up 6.8% [...]

It’s hard to ignore a gain of over 20,000% in less than six years. With the Coinbase IPO, the crypto-asset universe is structuring itself.   In 2015, curious about the enthusiasm of [...]

Christine Lagarde secured the consensus in the ranks of the ECB, but for how long? Doing too much or not enough? The question resurfaced on the eve of the meeting of the Committee of Governors of [...]

In the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, calls for the cancellation of public debts are gaining momentum. It did not take long for Christine Lagarde to firmly reject calls for the cancellation of all [...]

Is the pirate strategy, which Boris Johnson is draging the UK into, worth it? International and trade relations have never been a ‘gala dinner’[1], that is a fact. But the bill, approved by the [...]

Europe and Japan have a historical opportunity to reinforce their political and economic ties and take the lead of the “soft powers” In these times of social distancing, it is good to think of [...]

It is certainly not the debacle, but Europe is being tested. 80 years on, will Angela Merkel emerge as a modern Churchill? Angela Merkel’s Germany has just taken over the Presidency of the [...]

More than ever in a position of strength at the end of the first phase of the COVID-19 crisis, will Angela Merkel be able to plug its cracks? She is not the only one, but during this crisis, [...]