Weekender

This week on FT Alphaville,

- Gabriel Sterne called for a transparency revolution at the IMF.

- Fitch downgraded the UK; what took them so long?

- We had a look at the Cypriot debt sustainability analysis.

- We reacted to a new paper debunking Reinhart & Rogoff’s 90 per cent debt threshold.

- … and Gavyn Davies weighed in later with a considered take.

- The nature of inflation is changing…

- … and the inflationistas have possibly, at last, begun to capitulate.

- Adam Posen remained unimpressed by claims that central bankers can spot bubbles.

- We issued a reminder that the Fed has a variety of exiting tools at its disposal.

- Finally, we had a few thoughts about the future of finance blogging.

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