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Deepening financial disparity risks causing massive damage to the world economy and upending incumbent political structures. Already over the last several years we have seen the dangers of inequality reflected in the rise of populism in major economies. Law-makers are drifting further away from the political centre, as they try to appeal to citizens dissatisfied with the status quo.
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A new focus on bilateral relations after Brexit will allow Germany and the UK to share expertise, deepen bonds and provide leadership in international forums. This report describes how across 10 economic areas the two sides can extend widespread co-operation in fields ranging from manufacturing and services to education, gender balance and cybersecurity.
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A decade of unconventional monetary policy has led to uncertainty about central bank investment patterns. This report is a reminder that the core investment assets of central banks stem from the official reserve portfolio. SSGA and OMFIF researchers have computed a range of nominal and relative data bases in examination of many individual reserve managers. The research aims to dispel some of the obscurity about the asset management practices of this traditionally non-transparent group of global public investors.
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Mark Sobel, US chairman of OMFIF, speaks with Amias Gerety, partner at QED and former acting assistant secretary for financial institutions at the US Department of the Treasury. They discuss macroprudential policy in the United States. They focus on the Financial Stability Oversight Council, including its role in the wider economy and its implications for both bank and non-bank actors.
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The OMFIF meetings monthly review provides readers with a recap of the meetings that took place over the past month and provides a sample of the forthcoming meetings in the next six months. The Q1 review covers meetings in Singapore, London and New York. To learn more about OMFIF Meetings and Membership, please email enquiries@omfif.org
Read moreOne of the oft-cited arguments used to convince organisations to commit to gender diversity is how it benefits decision-making. Anecdotal evidence and views from central bankers highlight the benefits of diversity in helping to reduce the likelihood of 'groupthink', writes Danae Kyriakopoulou.
It is clear that President Donald Trump is not concerned with whether the US will have the resources to fight the next downturn. His quest for ultra-easy monetary policy might cause the economy to overheat. Moreover, it would leave the Fed with scant ammunition to fight the next recession, writes Desmond Lachman.
Few predicted that the EU would extend the UK's Article 50 negotiating period by six months, a difficult compromise. Theoretically, that should be long enough to facilitate change. But one major reason to believe October could be too early is that the UK might by then have a new prime minister, writes James Smith.
China's Belt and Road initiative provides access to capital for connected emerging markets that have not had the necessary investment grade ratings to tap international bond markets. Infrastructure, the core of Belt and Road funding, is and has been the engine of growth for most economies, writes Yaseen Anwar.
World finance needs more data, more disclosure and better risk management to master climate change challenges, the Bank of England's Sarah Breeden told an OMFIF meeting in London focused on 'greening' China's Belt & Road. 'We can hear distant thunder,' she said. 'We cannot wait for the storm to hit.'
Projects under the Chinese Belt and Road initiative have to be specific, well-designed and financeable, as well as fulfilling international standards, according to Baroness (Rona) Fairhead, minister of state at the UK ministry of international trade, at an OMFIF lunch.
Given their relatively small size, the Argentine and Turkish 'submerging markets' cannot by themselves constitute a significant threat to the global economic recovery. The same might not be said of Brazil and Mexico, both of which appear vulnerable to crisis and shaky economic stewardship, writes Desmond Lachman.
Europe continues to be prisoner to a bygone concept of sovereignty. Setting European sovereignty against national sovereignty is a mistake that would come at a high price. France and Germany are aware that the EU must decide how to face up to the threat of disaggregation, writes Sergio Fabbrini.
A roundtable discussion with Hung Tran, nonresident senior fellow, Atlantic Council
Thu 25 Apr 2019
APRIL | London
Roundtable with Dominic Grieve, member of parliament for Beaconsfield
Mon 29 Apr 2019
APRIL | London
Moderated panel discussion on the future of China’s bond market
Tue 30 Apr 2019
APRIL | Singapore
OMFIF-Monash University seminar on the next recession
Wed 1 May 2019
MAY | Melbourne
City Lecture with Luis de Guindos, Vice-President, European Central Bank
Wed 1 May 2019
MAY | London
Workshop at the Asian Development Bank annual meeting
Fri 3 May 2019
POLICY | Fiji
The 2018 Absa Africa Financial Markets Index launched in Bali alongside the IMF-World Bank Group meetings. In its second year, the index is a premier indicator of the attractiveness of Africa’s capital markets, for use by investors and asset managers around the world.
The distribution of women across academic fields is uneven, and this segregation appears persistent. Economics is no exception. Despite the increase in the number of female economists over the last few decades, women in economics continue to be underrepresented.
Stock market volatility tends to reach its peak in October, underlined by famous crashes in 1929, 1987 and 2008. Cross-currents in the world economy make this October particularly pivotal, especially in the light of the tug of war between good news out of the US and bad news out of China.
Global growth and inflation figures, in addition to rising commodity prices and interest rates, point to the risk of staglation over the summer months. The geopolitical backdrop, and the threat of a US-China trade war, also has a whiff of stagflation about it.
The world is experiencing one of the longest economic expansions since records began and there's no end in sight, with muted inflationary pressures keeping interest rates low. Stock markets like this not too hot, not too cold 'Goldilocks' backdrop.
This month’s poll focuses on universal basic income. Participants were asked: In recent years, the idea of universal basic income has become an increasingly popular point of discussion as a potential means of improving financial inclusion. How viable a solution is this? If not UBI, how best can policy-makers address widening economic inequality?
