Discover how drop lock bonds combine floating and fixed-rate features, providing security against interest rate changes and a guaranteed minimum return for investors.

Whereas the Nigerian monetary authority fixed the official exchange rate at N196 to a dollar, there is today a near 50% differential in the parallel market rate to the official rate.The fact that the ...

A rocket scientist – he designed weapons systems for a defense contractor – once told me that monetary principles were more difficult than rocket science. The evidence supports his view: we have many ...

Many economists argue that a flexible exchange rate regime is preferable to a fixed exchange rate regime because it helps to insulate the domestic economy from adverse external shocks. For example, ...

Discover the ins and outs of fixed-for-fixed currency swaps, where parties exchange fixed interest payments across different currencies to capitalize on favorable rates.

The Economic Issues series was inaugurated in September 1996. Its aim is to make some of the economic research being produced in the International Monetary Fund on topical issues accessible to a broad ...

MOLINE, Ill., Dec. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QCR Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCRH) (the “Company”) announced today that it has extended its registered exchange offer to exchange up to $45,000,000 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., January 05, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SmartFinancial, Inc. (NYSE: SMBK) ("SmartFinancial") announced today that it has extended its registered exchange offer to exchange up to $100.0 ...

In June 2022, I published an article about the upcoming opportunity in fixed income, specifically baby bonds and fixed to floating-rate preferred shares. In July 2022, I published a second article ...

The Economic Issues series was inaugurated in September 1996. Its aim is to make some of the economic research being produced in the International Monetary Fund on topical issues accessible to a broad ...