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Surging interest rates on dollar- and euro-denominated loans in recent years have prompted countries to turn to domestic markets for their borrowing needs. Amadou Sy heads the IMF Regional Studies division. In this podcast, he says there are benefits to issuing debt in local markets and in local currency.
AMADOU SY
Political economy | March 2026
Wang invites consideration of how governing philosophies lead China to engineer and the US to litigate
MELANIE SISSON
Currencies | March 2026
Eichengreen argues that it is the absence of an alternative currency that has sustained dollar dominance so far
CATHERINE SCHENK
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