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  • CHINA: Moving targets

    CHINA: Moving targets

    China’s approach to migrant labour is changing in a way that could transform the lives of hundreds of millions of workers. It could also help fundamentally rebalance the world’s second-largest economy

  • CREDIT RATING AGENCIES: Under the influence

    CREDIT RATING AGENCIES: Under the influence

    Public anger at credit rating agencies has reawakened calls for a drastic reduction of their powers and for greater accountability. But a lack of credible alternatives suggests the solution to poor financial regulation may lie elsewhere

  • OFFSHORE RMB: Red herring?

    OFFSHORE RMB: Red herring?

    Recent months have seen an outsized level of excitement in global financial markets over the sale in Hong Kong of so-called ‘dim sum’ bonds. But there is reason to question the true scale of the offshore renminbi market and its potential growth

  • SOVEREIGN DEFAULT: A tale of two countries

    SOVEREIGN DEFAULT: A tale of two countries

    The divergent experiences of Argentina and Uruguay over the past decade show that managing sovereign crises and weighing up whether to default is rarely clear cut – even today

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