Euro-area reforms will reinforce fiscal consolidation

The European Stability Mechanism will obtain greater influence over fiscal policy coordination

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Smart contracts are likely to have limited application

Self-executing digital contracts whose terms are directly written into the lines of code can streamline transactions

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Budget plans envisage higher spending on the National Projects programme, though its end date is postponed

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Foreign investment will fall sharply in 2020 and the decade-long decline is likely to continue in 2021

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For UK, US, EU and emerging market banks, timing the resumption of dividend payouts will be tricky but key to recovery

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The current account and trade surpluses halved in the first nine months as hydocarbon export values and volumes fell

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Chinese officials are sparking renewed discussion about the renminbi challenging dollar dominance in global finance

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Remittances to Latin America have performed more strongly than expected in 2020

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Islamabad is striving to come off the Financial Action Task Force’s ‘grey list’ as well as revive a pandemic-hit economy

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A new approach to debt restructuring has won greater buy-in from China but not yet private lenders

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