News & commentary
Read the latest financial and monetary policy news and commentary from OMFIF’s in-house analysts and global network of specialists.
How to bring monetary clarity in the face of geoeconomic turmoil
Villeroy de Galhau shares his thoughts on the last decade of central banking
Europe cannot defend itself through the budget alone
Europe has underinvested in the assets and capacity on which its security now depends
Five scenarios for the French crisis outcome
When ‘whatever it takes’ is not enough: ECB might deploy TPI, but not bail out France
Interest on central bank reserves is neither a tax nor a market price
Monetary control may justify paying the policy rate at the margin but not on every reserve
Holding on to what we’ve got: report from the IMF annual meetings
US, China and France dominated the discussions
Annual meetings 2026: preserving sovereignty in a changing world
Diversifying sources of growth and security for resilience
The single market exists on paper, but not yet in practice
Notes on making Europe one banking market
French riots may bring ECB bond-buying closer
Contagion holds the key to possible use of transmission protection instrument
Central banks may soon become boiling frogs
Will they stick with monetary esoterica or speak truth to power?
The IMF’s resources are falling behind the global economy
Analysis of the Fund shows shrinking role and unchanged adequacy
Africa’s next market decade: from access to absorption
Ten years of measuring how African markets function – the next 10 must measure what they finance
Building European resilience to ‘America First’
Tests ahead for Merz, Burnham, Meloni and (likely) Le Pen
Africa’s financial markets look ahead to the next decade
The milestone 10th edition of AFMI tracks merit and maturity across Africa
The IMF can see the fire but has no sprinkler system
Writing a cross-border playbook for a recurring warning
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
