On Demand (Podcasts)

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.  

Daron Acemoglu, Professor of Economics at MIT, and Georgios Petropoulos, Research Fellow at Bruegel, join Danae Kyriakopoulou, chief economist and director of research at OMFIF, to discuss the impact of shifts in technology on labour markets, and whether ultimately these will be negative or positive on balance. They focus on factors such as changes in

Mark Sobel, US chairman of OMFIF, speaks with Nellie Liang, senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution. They discuss developments in macroprudential regulation in the US since the 2008 financial crisis, including policy-makers’ key tools, the role of stress tests and future policies.

Danae Kyriakopoulou, chief economist and head of research at OMFIF, speaks to Vicky Pryce, former head of the UK Government Economic Service, Amelia Cox, co-chair of the Women’s Leadership Student Interest Group at Cambridge University’s Judge Business School, and Hannah Bargawi, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics at SOAS. They discuss the prospects for

Ahead of the European Central Bank’s monetary policy decision on 7 March, Miroslav Singer, director for institutional affairs and chief economist of Generali and former governor the Czech National Bank, joins Marcin Stepan, head of programming at OMFIF, to discuss the economic outlook for Europe, tools at the ECB’s disposal and the future path for

Bhavin Patel, economist at OMFIF, joins Ellie Groves, programmes manager at OMFIF, to discuss the move from private cryptocurrencies to central bank digital currencies. They consider the potential impact of this, particularly addressing the need for a global consensus on regulation policy.  

Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez, senior director of the World Bank Group’s Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience global practice, speaks with Pierre Ortlieb, economist at OMFIF. They discuss urbanisation and investment, including the nature of public assets, the potential of urban wealth funds, and innovative forms of financing like land value capture.

Nathan Sheets, chief economist and head of global macroeconomic research at PGIM Fixed Income and former under-secretary for international affairs at the US Treasury, speaks with Rein de Loor, programmes manager at OMFIF. They discuss the Federal Reserve’s January rate decision, the adjustments to its forward guidance and how markets responded. They also cover implications