News & commentary
Read the latest financial and monetary policy news and commentary from OMFIF’s in-house analysts and global network of specialists.
Further yen gains could constrain Bank of Japan tightening
BoJ should move faster while preserving flexibility
The custody question: where are central banks storing gold?
The case for holding gold and the case for where to hold it rest on different logic
Outside candidate may emerge as Lagarde successor
Third French ECB president may prove a palatable outcome
When a credit co-operative fails without formally failing
Brazil’s financial inclusion success story faces a hidden test
Lessons of history as ECB and Fed decide interest rate moves
Warsh’s monetary dilemma and the Bundesbank’s Becket effect
Economic war on Iran will test the limits of US financial power
Isolating Tehran completely risks exporting the economic costs far beyond Iran
Restoring balance to French public finances
Paris fiscal position ‘in uniquely concerning state’
Why Europe must stand up to Trump and embrace federalism
More EU integration needed to escape ‘desertification’ of financial markets
Bank of Finland’s Olli Rehn’s strategic call on interest rates and common debt
Proposals for ECB ‘forward guidance’ and Europe-wide safe asset to boost euro
