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Aug 2023
9m 9s

Latin American central banks’ head start

Financial Times
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Private equity firms are increasingly offering sweeteners such as fee discounts to secure backing from deep-pocketed investors, US banks are still relying on hundreds of billions of dollars in government financing, and Latin America’s central banks have started cutting interest rates. 


Mentioned in this podcast:

Private equity firms offer sweeteners in struggle to lure reluctant investors

Britain’s investors shy away from UK defence companies

Regional lenders struggle to get off government life support

Latin America’s central banks declare victory in war on inflation


The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Monica Lopez, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. 


Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com


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