Why dollar dominance is here to stay
Steven Kamin, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Mark Sobel, OMFIF’s US chair, discuss their paper, ‘Dollar dominance is here to stay for the foreseeable future’. They explore the dollar’s role in the global financial system and the benefits of this, as well as the lack of viable alternatives and prospects for other currencies gaining greater traction. They will also examine their view that the US itself is the greatest threat to dollar dominance, considerations on the use of financial sanctions and the potential ramifications of these.
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Speakers
Steven Kamin
Senior Fellow
American Enterprise Institute
Steven Kamin
Senior Fellow
American Enterprise Institute
Mark Sobel
Vice Chair and Chief Economist
OMFIF
Mark Sobel
Vice Chair and Chief Economist
OMFIF
Mark Sobel is Chief Economist and Vice Chair at OMFIF. Mark is a veteran US Treasury official, who was at the forefront of international financial diplomacy for two decades.
Mark, who represented the US on the International Monetary Fund executive board up to April 2018, has had a 40-year Treasury career with extensive around-the-world engagement.
He works with OMFIF in dealings with private and public sector organisations, speak regularly on international and US policy, and provide OMFIF members with insight and analysis.
Mark was Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for international monetary and financial policy between 2000 and early 2015. He helped lead Treasury preparations for G7 and G20 finance minister and central bank governor meetings, formulated US positions at the IMF, and coordinated Treasury and regulatory agencies’ work in the Financial Stability Board.
Mark founded the US/EU Financial Market Regulatory Dialogue and chaired an international group of private and official sovereign debt experts that developed enhanced collective action clauses for sovereign debt restructuring. He managed the $100bn-plus Treasury Exchange Stabilization Fund and played a key role in US foreign exchange policy including coordinating the Treasury’s semi-annual foreign exchange report on China and other countries.
Timings
10:00-11:00 (New York)
15:00-16:00 (London)