Wolfram Seidemann, chief executive officer of G+D Currency Technology, joins David Marsh, chairman of OMFIF, to discuss how central bank digital currency has gained traction among public and private sector institutions and if Covid-19 is a motivating factor for central banks to adopt digital currency. They also discuss at the state of blockchain technology, privacy
CBDC is a public good, not a private business case Read More »
Recent events are having far-reaching consequences for the US economy, affecting all parts of society and the outlook of policy-makers and market participants. William Dudley, former president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, joins Mark Sobel for a conversation about the US economy and his outlook on the years ahead. Taimur
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Kurtulus Taskale Diamondopoulos, director of central banks and public policy at the World Gold Council, joins Pierre Ortlieb, economist at OMFIF, to discuss WGC’s annual central bank gold survey in the broader context of gold reserves management amid the coronavirus pandemic. They cover the state of play in global central bank gold holdings, valuation and
Central bank gold reserves before and after the Covid-19 shock Read More »
OMFIF’s Julie Levy-Abegnoli looks back over some of the most recent articles published on the OMFIF website, including those on flattening the debt curve, transatlantic monetary theory, and the International Monetary Fund’s epic virus battle. Articles and other items referenced: Flattening the debt curve US unprepared for money supply boom IMF’s epic virus challenge Cambodia
Week in review: Flattening the debt curve, IMF’s epic battle, and more Read More »
Part four of the OMFIF/EY Covid response series Welcome to part four of our special series with EY on the economic response measures to Covid-19 crisis. In this edition, Marcin Stepan and Mike Lee, EY’s global wealth and asset management leader, discuss the pandemic’s effect on asset management. They focus on the financial fallout from
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Swift plays a vital role moving money around, acting as a lifeline for trade and economic activity. Michael Moon, Swift’s managing director of payments and trade, joins Bhavin Patel, senior economist and head of fintech research at OMFIF, to discuss how Swift’s role in global payment systems is changing as payments become increasingly digitised and
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OMFIF’s Julie Levy-Abegnoli looks back over some of the most recent articles published on the OMFIF website, including those on diversity in central banking, US fiscal wrangling, and ECB bond purchases. Articles and other items referenced: US fiscal wrangling in full force Central banks’ diversity problem Fresh German legal battle over ECB easing Six centuries
Week in review: Diversity in central banking, fiscal wrangling, and more Read More »
OMFIF’s Julie Levy-Abegnoli looks back over some of the most recent articles published on the OMFIF website, including those on the confusing debate on negative interest rates, US corporations’ bond purchases, and the Germany-ECB dispute. Articles and other items referenced: Negative interest rate debate needs clarity US corporations’ bond market clout Solution nears on ECB
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, laid out the central bank’s stance on inflation, job growth and plans to support the economy in mid-June. Tim Duy, professor of practice and senior director of the Oregon Economic Forum at the University of Oregon, joins Mark Sobel, US chairman of OMFIF, to discuss the Federal
Fed talk: The US’s ‘long road’ to recovery Read More »
In the first edition of the OMFIF-KPMG Asia Pacific podcast series, Jang Ping Thia, principal economist at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, joins KPMG’s Sharad Somani and OMFIF’s Adam Cotter to discuss the future of infrastructure as an asset class. What can be done to ensure funding for infrastructure projects? Is the pandemic accelerating the adoption of technology
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