Sound Economies with Mel & Peter: 28 May 2025

The European Central Bank painted a grim picture as it warned that credit spreads are out of sync with market risks, but we disagree. We explain more in this episode, where we also look at a mega-meeting of central bankers in Tokyo, a plan of ASEAN member-states to negotiate tariffs with the US as a bloc, and China’s plan to trim fees charged by e-commerce giants on platform sellers.

“Sound Economies with Mel & Peter” is a weekly podcast show where our founding CEO Peter Lundgreen and Manila-based Chief Economist Mel Lopez discuss what’s happening in economies around the world and their views of the global financial markets.

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