News & commentary
Read the latest financial and monetary policy news and commentary from OMFIF’s in-house analysts and global network of specialists.
Half of Brazil’s lending revival is the country counting itself
Reading financial integration for a country that is both host and home
Building the bridge between authorities
A pre-committed, transparent and time-bound rulebook for co-operation
What the USMCA non-extension means for North America Â
‘Industries will now have to judge the future in 12-month increments’
Lebanon’s remittance lifeline has new gatekeepers
The promise of disintermediation masks new dependencies
What Europe’s digital capital markets can learn from tokenised sukuk
Europe should judge tokenisation by whether it simplifies markets, protects investors and channels capital towards the real economy
FCA framework departs from traditional stablecoin model
New ‘own funds’ requirements introduce risks for issuers
Japan’s yen intervention and unusual US support
Markets aren’t disorderly; Japanese fundamentals just aren’t changing and Bessent is focused on Treasuries
OMFIF advisory council worried about US inability to hit inflation target
Puzzling Treasury yen intervention alongside Japan
‘Get the fundamentals right’: Indermit Gill on turbulent times
Departing World Bank chief economist on debt, climate and why the fundamentals are back
Green bonds need governance, not just capital
Integrated reporting: crucial to the future of sustainable finance
Can Africa turn stadium spending into economic assets?
Governments need clearer tests for whether investment in sport delivers lasting returns
IMF and exchange rates: a work in progress
Improved analysis but more to do in taking exchange rates seriously
Germany readies cards as France manoeuvres in Lagarde candidature imbroglio
Contradictions and ambiguities: domestic and international factors weighing on field of favourites
