Drawing on the OMFIF commonwealth of experts, opinion-formers and lead actors, our Corona Consequences series presents a debate that aims to be intriguing, stimulating, provocative and partial. We span politics, economics, technology, environment issues and psychology. Scanning the international scene through the OMFIF central banking and public policy lens, writers encompass a wide spectrum of geography and opinion.
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
BoJ independence reinforces Sanaenomics’ credibility
Takaichi government draws important boundary between policy coordination and political control
The golden shift: how reserve managers are rethinking risk
New OMFIF working group explores gold’s strategic appeal
Putting safe assets back on Europe’s policy table
Increasing European safe asset supply without mutualisation
The triple optimisation challenge of MDB treasury management
‘Success is not measured by the ability to survive a crisis, but to continue financing through it’
Is China prepared to give up control?
When it comes to renminbi internationalisation, watch what China does, not what it says
