Posts tagged 'remittances'

An Egyptian diaspora bond?

| Feb 24 2011 19:24 | Comment |

Remittances are a fascinating and oft neglected slither of global capital markets.

Flows are inherently difficult to measure but the World Bank estimates ‘developing’ countries received in excess of $300bn in 2009 and 2010 — around three times more than official aid flows. Read more

Remittances to Egypt

| Jan 31 2011 23:20 | Comment |

Another Tilt of the hat to our blogging brethren for the heads up about a primer on Egypt out Monday from Capital Economics.

We were struck by this chart showing the components of Egypt’s current account (im)balance. Click to expand: Read more

The Fed can’t go bankrupt. Anymore.

Tracy Alloway used to be deputy editor of FT Alphaville. Here she learned the details of derivatives, the absurdities of accounting and the various structures of ... erm ... structured finance. She now covers big US banks for the FT paper, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. She pops up on FT Alphaville every once in a while.

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| Jan 20 2011 14:09 | Comment |

There’s been much debate about the possibility of the US central bank going broke.

Forget it. But not because of the Federal Reserve’s fiscal position, per se. Read more

US problems still flowing down Mexico’s way

Izabella Kaminska joined FT Alphaville in October 2008. Before that she worked as a producer at CNBC, a natural gas reporter at Platts and an associate editor of BP's internal magazine.

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| Dec 10 2009 13:55 | Comment |

The slide in Mexico’s remittances has, according to BNP Paribas, showed few signs of abating.

In fact, the analysts say it could be accelerating:
Mexico's remittances - BNP Paribas Read more