News & commentary
Read the latest financial and monetary policy news and commentary from OMFIF’s in-house analysts and global network of specialists.
Don’t build DLT platforms, join them
A reverse takeover of financial market infrastructures
| By Ousmène Mandeng
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Dollar role under pressure from portfolio rebalancing
How could US dominance change? ‘Gradually then suddenly’
Trump, tariffs and the potential impact on MDBs
Emerging market sovereigns face the highest risks to credit ratings
How tokenising sovereign debt can benefit developing markets
Reducing market inefficiencies, stabilising capital flows and boosting financial inclusion
Bessent’s first 100 days: a less than lustrous start
Chief economic spokesman does not inspire confidence
Gentiloni calls for ‘homogeneous’ European borrowing to meet euro asset demand
Former Italian PM says Trump has transitioned from ‘transactional’ to ‘revolutionary’
Failure to communicate is an economic policy risk
‘Financial markets, like citizens, respond to coherence’
Diversity of thought engenders better outcomes for commercial banks
Souâd Benkredda: Eliminating perspectives impacts results
Tariffs: impact on MENA will be indirect but far from irrelevant
Neutrality between US and China may come under pressure
Are the dollar’s days really numbered?
‘Sell America’ and the news of dollar demise are overdone
Consequences of chaos: why the IMF is too optimistic about US policies
Impact of Trump trade measures will last longer than expected
Fix for payment rail fragmentation? Simpler, unified systems
Interoperable systems achieve higher adoption, efficiency and user satisfaction
Flows into Bunds and European sovereigns will remain consistent
Tariffs uncertainty will only strengthen these trends
Preventing trade shocks from igniting the next financial crisis
‘Preparedness, not prediction, is the watchword’
Japanese investors will demand a ‘MAGA discount’
As the risk of doing business with the US rises, so will the costs
Getting serious about euro internationalisation
As Trump undermines the dollar, Merz and Macron must take the lead
