News & commentary
Read the latest financial and monetary policy news and commentary from OMFIF’s in-house analysts and global network of specialists.
The future of payments: a new engine?
Former BoE official addresses OMFIF’s Digital money summit 2024
| By Jon Cunliffe
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Emerging markets are losing the race for green finance
Chasm between developed and emerging markets is growing wider
China’s global financial footprint
Offshore activities make Chinese presence much greater than it seems
Reserve managers turn to ETFs for ESG
Investors are recognising the potential impact on risk and return
South Africa unearths hidden strengths during pandemic
The country’s economy has coped with Covid-19 better than expected
The Fed’s dangerous experiment
Complacent consensus on inflation ignores explosion in money growth
Dignified navigator of Parisian finance
Jeancourt: charming autocrat, gifted banker and flamboyant lover of livresque art
Climate change is a green swan
Global coordination and the role of central banks in net-zero transition
Central European outliers stick to inflation targeting
Culture and history prompt Czechia and Hungary to buck loosening trend
German companies back Brussels climate mitigation policy
OMFIF reveals German welcome in first big European survey on corporate reaction to EU sustainability reporting plans
Next Generation EU issuance will boost euro’s reserve status
Market optimistic after huge investor demand for debut deal
Accepting bitcoin as legal tender sign of monetary eccentricity
Ability to issue a widely accepted fiat currency is a competence of a sovereign authority
Help us help Europe’s recovery, bank leaders tell policy-makers
It’s time to complete the regulatory agenda, say Lemierre and Sewing
How to close the sustainable infrastructure gap
Three ways to make it a mainstream, liquid asset class
EU readies landmark for bond markets
Next Generation EU toolkit could be used well beyond 2026 mandate
2008 is a cautionary tale for climate crisis
Climate mitigation may expose central banks to criticism of ‘mission creep’
