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James Sweeney and Zoltan Pozsar, chief economist and managing director at Credit Suisse respectively, join Pierre Ortlieb, economist at OMFIF, to discuss the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on global dollar liquidity and the industrial production cycle. They touch on central bank responses present and future, the state of funding and capital markets, and the

Thomas Costerg, senior economist at Pictet Wealth Management, joins Rein de Loor, programmes manager at OMFIF, to discuss the Federal Reserve’s recent rate cuts in response to the coronavirus crisis. As central banks around the world ease monetary policy, questions arise about global coordination and communication, as well as the role of fiscal policy in

Andy Rothman, investment strategist at Matthews Asia, joins Mark Sobel, US chairman of OMFIF, to continue their conversation on China and the economic impact of coronavirus. They discuss whether China has overcome the worst of the outbreak and is getting back to ‘normal’, as well as how Chinese markets are responding. They also outline the

In this episode of Synopsis, OMFIF Subeditor Julie Levy-Abegnoli looks back over the most recent articles published on the OMFIF website, on monetary policy-makers’ response to coronavirus. Articles and other items referenced: Looking beyond unpredictability Beyond swap lines Lagarde’s ‘whatever it takes moment’ Time to pull the G20 fire bell Why the Fed must do

Bean’s view: prevent permanent scarring The task of economic policy confronting coronavirus disruption is to ‘provide a bridge’ between present dislocation and a new period of growth when normal activity may resume. That is the view of Charlie Bean, former deputy governor of the Bank of England, during a wide ranging OMFIF podcast comparing the

Shirai’s view: Further rate cuts possible The Bank of Japan’s 16 March emergency monetary easing was designed to boost equity market confidence by highlighting that it could if necessary expand its government bond and equity purchases. Although Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Monday refrained from bringing BoJ policy rates deeper into negative territory, further interest rate

In this episode of Synopsis, OMFIF Subeditor Julie Levy-Abegnoli looks back over the most recent articles published on the OMFIF website, including those the Joe Biden’s surge, the future of the EBRD, and how the Fed and ECB are responding to the coronavirus crisis. Articles and other items referenced: Biden’s surge and the power of

Britain has launched a £30bn fiscal stimulus to counter the coronavirus outbreak, the biggest increase in borrowing since 1992. Lord (Norman) Lamont, chancellor of the exchequer in 1992, joins David Marsh, OMFIF chairman, to discuss the end of austerity. Fill out the form below to regularly receive a digest of the week’s podcasts by email.

Ahead of the much-anticipated European Central Bank policy meeting on 12 March, Panicos Demetriades, former member of the ECB governing council and governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus, and Alastair Ryan, research analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, join Danae Kyriakopoulou, chief economist and director of research at OMFIF, to talk about the