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Trade Finance Awaits A Boost From FinTech

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That means a slowdown in trade finance operations – and economic struggles aren’t the only factor behind this trend. “While there is a common perception that a weaker pound benefits exporters, our findings challenge this binary narrative,” said BFS managing director for foreign exchange, Michael McGowan.

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Transcript: Kenneth Tropin

Barry Ritholtz

That’s the foreign exchange markets, and to some extent, commodities. TROPIN: I mean, you know, there were equity hedge funds that were pretty levered, that had pretty highly concentrated, you know, growth bets, and a lot of technology companies and so on. How does this impact global trade and other economic factors?

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Transcript: Bill Dudley, NY Fed Chief

Barry Ritholtz

You get an economics PhD from California, Berkeley in 82, and around the same time you become an economist at the Federal Reserve Board from 81 to 83. But, but, you know, we, I focused mostly on fixed income and foreign exchange. Let, let’s talk a little bit about your background. 00:08:11 [Speaker Changed] Yeah.