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By Toby Fildes 22 Dec 2020 If 2020 was all about piling on the debt as governments around the world rushed to save their economies and societies, 2021 will be all about working out ways to reduce it — or at least sustain it. Uncomfortable questions about debt sustainability have so far largely been avoided, thanks to vast (and in some still cases, still growing) quantitative easing programmes. But those questions will surely come. Developed countries’ debts have typically gone up by between 10% and 20% of GDP in 2020.  So what are the options? Apart from running a fiscal surpl...

By Toby Fildes 17 Dec 2020 The shock of coronavirus has changed markets — and society — forever. Toby Fildes picks out the key themes that will emerge from that upheaval in 2021. As 2020 has reminded everyone, the unexpected will happen — but markets can cope. At the end of every year there is always an urge to look back at the highlights and look forward to the opportunities a new year brings. Only this year, most will want to forget 2020.  The coronavirus has upended life as we know it. It’s been exhausting, stressful, difficult — the most challenging year of our professional and...

By Lewis McLellan 11 Dec 2020 The SSA market faced unprecedented challenges in 2020. Funding requirements were inflated by unexpected needs from the pandemic, and the market was busier than ever thanks, in no small part, to the EU’s entrance as one of the sector’s biggest borrowers. But with the exception of a difficult period in March, SSA issuers made it through the year with scarcely a hiccup in their programmes. It’s an encouraging sign, but new challenges await next year. Some leading lights in the SSA community discuss the year they’ve had and the changes it has brought for the...