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30 Jul, 2019
 
 
  Our Latest Publications By Region

EMEA:

Amid weak growth and muted inflationary pressures, the ECB recently opened the door to further monetary policy accommodation in September. Introducing an easing bias in its forward guidance, it signaled "interest rates to remain at their present or lower levels at least through the first half of 2020". View more
Asia-Pacific:

Virtual banking is fanning the competitive flames in Asia-Pacific banking. Newly licensed indigenous digital banks, global digital-only banks, and digitized traditional banks are all vying for their share across the region's lucrative markets.  Read more
Americas:

Overall, we expect total loans for Latin American banks to expand at 5%-9% in 2019-2020, except for Argentina where we expect credit to contract. Brazil's weaker-than-expected economic recovery, Mexico's political issues, and investor uncertainty are limiting credit demand.  See report
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  Global Publications From Other Sectors

Global securitization issuance volume was up about 3% year over year (y/y) in the first half of 2019, to approximately $520 billion, as growth in the Asia-Pacific region, especially China, offset modest-to-moderate declines in the U.S. and Europe. Find out more

As uncertainty and downside risks to growth persist and market-based inflation expectations point south, S&P Global Ratings expects the European Central Bank to switch back to an easing bias in July and decide on a new round of monetary policy stimulus in September. View more

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