Vincent Flasseur

Major central banks return to inflation fight in February reut.rs/3y9rzNK by @KarinStrohecker

Countries like Sri Lanka an Zambia have faced unprecedent delays in securing #IMF financing. But data is better than just words, so with @ReutersFlasseur we compiled data from more than 80 programs during the last decade. Full @Reuters story 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 reuters.com/business/finan…

Countries that have fallen into debt distress since the COVID-19 pandemic have faced much longer delays to secure IMF bailouts than prior to 2020. Great analysis by @jdorosario, with this excellent graphic reuters.com/business/finan…

Analysis: Cash-strapped countries face IMF bailout delays as debt talks drag on reuters.com/business/finan… by @jdorosario

🚨Personal News🚨New year, new job! I’m thrilled to share that I’m starting a new role as columnist for @Breakingviews joining a top-notch team led by @peter_tl and @gfhay and working closely with @LiamWardProud @LJucca @Unmack1

What I learned after drawing 150+ bugs is they're amazing and complicated! Thanks for the opportunity @SimonScarr . Incredible experience. Sharing some of my fav in thread. @ReutersGraphics reuters.com/graphics/GLOBA…

charts are the most powerful way to communicate. people can carry a picture in their head for a long time. no one can carry a table with a gazillion numbers for more than 10 seconds.

Are you watching this year’s Tour de France? The competition kicked off today in Copenhagen, Denmark 🇩🇰 and will take cyclists all over Europe over the next few weeks, ending at the iconic Champs-Élysées in Paris 🇫🇷 tmsnrt.rs/3OUKoKZ

Tech giants are picking an odd time for an ad break, writes @olivertaslic bit.ly/3960mma

Indigestion: Of the 2,300 private firms with valuations above $1 billion in the past 10 years, only one-third managed to go public. bit.ly/3z0ifgW

Moscow’s cheap crude, spurned by the West, is heading to Asia. Yet the increase in China is less than in India, and European states like Italy are still snapping it up. The upshot is that Beijing is likely to buy more, says @ywchen1 reut.rs/3PyIxN1

Klarna’s $45.6 bln valuation now requires a rethink. On GMV multiples relative to rivals - it could worth $37 bln. It would worth a lot less if it’s on sales multiple. Read our analysis:

Will the Activision, Twitter or SailPoint deals happen? @JMAGuilford writes that a tumultuous market means takeover targets’ shares may have further to fall if they’re left at the altar: reut.rs/39xpFxs

Hong Kong would be better off slowing its digital currency roll. There’s a whiff of FOMO, or fear of missing out, but little reason to rush to keep up with Sweden or the Bahamas, says @t__shum reut.rs/39wleTE

My first piece for @Breakingviews looks into NFTs being more of an opportunity than threat for Spotify. A big thank you to @gfhay and @LiamWardProud for their guidance. breakingviews.com/considered-vie…

Macron’s easy election victory masks big challenge - @pierrebri - bit.ly/3EGF2PH

Fans of natural gas-based “blue” hydrogen and its zero-carbon “green” cousin are constantly vying for supremacy. Soaring fossil-fuel prices and energy supply fears after Russia’s Ukraine invasion are handing green victory, writes @gfhay reut.rs/3wZAK3U @ReutersFlasseur

Clearing out my desk after 22 years at @Breakingviews, here is what I found. reuters.com/breakingviews/…

Higher oil prices quickly feed into higher fuel prices (yellow) while higher gas prices increase household utilities bills (blue) with a lag via the Ofgem energy price cap. These energy-driven pressures added to existing pressures on prices of imported goods (red).