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OMFIF - the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum - is an independent think tank for central banking, economic policy and public investment. A neutral platform for best practice in worldwide public-private sector exchanges.

News and commentary

Patience needed over Rome’s ESM bid

EU funding could open way to longer-term Italy recovery

Romano Prodi and Edoardo Reviglio 10 July 2020

China accelerates in tech race with US Jia Hao Chan, 9 July 2020

Private equity can rebuild the economy and its reputation Chris Papadopoullos, 8 July 2020

Recovery should be more than green Mark Cliffe, 7 July 2020

Non-banks present huge stability risks Mark Sobel, 6 July 2020

China’s next world-first Katie-Ann Wilson, 3 July 2020

OMFIF Digital Monetary Institute Journal — June edition

In this edition of the DMI Journal, we take stock of the rapid development of wholesale DLT applications in the financial sector, assess growing central bank interest in the field, and the possibilities for a wholesale central bank digital currency.

Meetings

The international role of the euro

Virtual roundtable Mon 13 Jul 2020, 11:00 - 12:00. Virtual.

The role of social bonds in funding the Covid-19 response

Virtual roundtable Wed 15 Jul 2020, 16:30 - 17:45. Singapore.

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Analysis

Latest Bulletin

July 2020: Uncharted waters: Navigating the post-Covid recovery

Summer 2020 Vol.11 Ed.3 As lockdowns ease and the world enters the mysterious, ...
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Latest report

The role of blockchain in banking

Future prospects for cross-border payments Major banks and financial institutions are realising that ...
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Meetings

The international role of the euro

Hans-Joachim Klöckers, Director General for International and European Relations, ECBVirtual roundtable Mon 13 Jul 2020, 11:00 - 12:00. Virtual.

The role of social bonds in funding the Covid-19 response

Virtual roundtable Wed 15 Jul 2020, 16:30 - 17:45. Singapore.

The acceleration of digital trade

Virtual panel Thu 16 Jul 2020, 16:00 - 17:30. Singapore.

Bank of Thailand's Wholesale CBDC

Kasidit Tansanguan, Dep Director of Corporate Strategy, Sarun Youngnoi, Assistant Director at Reserve Management, Vijak Sethaput, and moreVirtual roundtable Wed 22 Jul 2020, 10:00 - 11:00. London.

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The OMFIF podcast

Wolfram Seidemann, chief executive officer of G+D Currency Technology, joins David Marsh, chairman of OMFIF, to discuss how central bank digital currencies have gained traction.

William Dudley, former president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, joins Mark Sobel for a conversation about the US economy and his outlook on the years ahead.

Kurtulus Taskale Diamondopoulos, Director, Central Banks and Public Policy at the World Gold Council, joins Pierre Ortlieb, economist at OMFIF, to discuss WGC’s newest annual central bank gold survey.

OMFIF’s Julie Levy-Abegnoli looks back over some of the most recent articles published on the OMFIF website, including those on flattening the debt curve and transatlantic monetary theory.

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Gold

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