On Demand (Podcasts)

Robert Hockett, Cornell Law School professor and Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign adviser, and Thorvald Grung Moe, former special adviser at Norges Bank and research associate at the Levy Institute, join Pierre Ortlieb, economist at OMFIF, in the first segment of a two-part podcast on modern monetary theory. This portion of the conversation looks at the

Volker Wieland, managing director of the Frankfurt-based Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability and member of the German Council of Economic Experts, joins Marcin Stepan, deputy head of meetings at OMFIF. They discuss the key questions ahead of the European Central Bank monetary policy meeting on 24 January, which takes place against a backdrop of

Robert Dohner, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, and David Loevinger, managing director of emerging markets at TCW Group, join Pierre Ortlieb, economist at OMFIF, to discuss the renminbi as an international reserve currency. Topics include where the demand for internationalisation is coming from, the currency’s role in the liberalisation of capital accounts, and challenges

The Network for Greening the Financial System, a group of 34 central banks and supervisors, calls for collective action to green the financial system. With the issuing of the first NGFS report, Morgan Després, head of secretariat for NGFS and head of financial regulation policy at the Banque de France, and Frank van Lerven, senior

Sir Jonathan Faull, partner and chair of European public affairs at Brunswick, and Thomas Costerg, senior economist at Pictet Wealth Management, join Chris Ostrowski, director of commercial partnerships at OMFIF. They discuss the political and economic implications of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. Further topics include the significance of the latest Brexit delay,

Samy Chaar, Chief Economist at Lombard Odier, and Danae Kyriakopoulou, Chief economist and Director of Research at OMFIF, discuss the policy outlook for the European Central Bank. They analyse the macroeconomic backdrop behind the recent dovish signals coming from the ECB, especially the weakening economic outlook in Italy and Germany and global headwinds from trade

Mark Sobel, US chairman of OMFIF, speaks with Amias Gerety, partner at QED Investors and former acting assistant secretary for financial institutions at the US Department of the Treasury. They discuss macroprudential policy in the US. They focus on the Financial Stability Oversight Council, including its role in the wider economy and its implications for

James Crabtree, associate professor of practice at the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, and formerly the Mumbai bureau chief for the Financial Times, joins OMFIF’s Ellie Groves. Ahead of India’s general election, they give an overview of the candidates, the key campaign issues and the possible outcomes. They go

Patrick Harker, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, joins Danae Kyriakopoulou, chief economist and director of research at OMFIF, in Frankfurt. They discuss the Federal Reserve’s outlook for the US economy, monetary policy, forward guidance, reserves management and global affairs affecting the financial system.  

Peter Andrews, senior adviser at Oxera and former chief economist at the Financial Conduct Authority, joins Ellie Groves, programmes manager at OMFIF. They discuss the risks and opportunities as shadow banking becomes a more established feature of the global financial sector.