News & commentary
Read the latest financial and monetary policy news and commentary from OMFIF’s in-house analysts and global network of specialists.
The IMF can see the fire but has no sprinkler system
Writing a cross-border playbook for a recurring warning
The future of financial intermediation with or without the Clarity Act
The bill’s failure to pass ‘should not surprise anyone’
People’s Bank of China exchange rate paper is left wanting
PBoC only scratches the surface on currency undervaluation
Annual meetings 2026: Storms lurk behind resilience
IMF-World Bank Bangkok delegates should be filled with angst
Making the transition resilient in Latin America
The region’s competing priorities: accelerating growth and environmental protection
Still a privilege, no longer exorbitant
Investors still pay a premium to hold dollars but now demand one to hold Treasuries
The inevitable mathematics of sovereign debt
Central banks understand it, so should individual investors
Financing Latin America’s long-term transition
Despite policy uncertainty, the region is becoming fertile soil for investment
Giving artificial intelligence the power to pay
This October edition of the OMFIF Digital Monetary Institute Journal examines what changes are necessary before progress can happen in agentic payments
Austan Goolsbee on why ‘looking through’ shocks no longer works
Chicago Fed president discusses persistent supply shocks, the pain of tightening and why independence matters more than ever
New York Climate Week 2026: Resilience, data centres and nature
Investors strengthen focus on environmental, social and financial resilience
The missing variable in the imbalances debate
US deficit and the dollar’s reserve status are not separate stories
