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African Banking and Finance

Fintechs and ‘neobanks’ take on the establishment; how South Africa’s lenders rode out first Covid storm; Moroccan banks target francophone west Africa; oil price shocks test resilience of Nigerian banks; and refugees in Kenya learn to bank on their futur

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Raising US interest rates will not cause recession, says top Fed official

John Williams believes tightening monetary policy to tackle inflation is ‘right thing to do’

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The Fed expects three interest rate rises for next year

Investors pour billions of dollars into inflation-linked assets as prices continue to soar

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Investors pour billions of dollars into inflation-linked assets

US Tips bonds absorb record inflows while commodities and real estate regain allure

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