On Demand (Podcasts)

OMFIF Focus Podcast – Political risk series: ‘Italian elections.’ Riccardo Barbieri, chief economist at the Italian Treasury, and Erik Jones, professor of political economy at Johns Hopkins University, join Sofia Melis from OMFIF. They discuss the Italian general election on 4 March and potential markets reactions, as well as the country’s relationship with the EU and Italy’s

OMFIF Focus Podcast – Globalisation series: ‘The role of services in global trade.’ Lucian Cernat, chief trade economist at the European Commission, joins Ben Robinson, senior economist at OMFIF. They discuss changing patterns of trade and investment resulting from the growing importance of services to production, competitiveness and employment. They address the dominant role of

OMFIF Focus Podcast – Globalisation series: ‘Regional Integration in Africa.’ Hippolyte Fofack, chief economist and director of research at the African Export-Import Bank, and Paul Brenton, lead economist in the department of trade and competitiveness at the World Bank, join Danae Kyriakopoulou, OMFIF’s chief economist and head of research. They focus on patterns of African trade agreements and

In Conversation: Will Jackson-Moore, global private equity and sovereign investment funds leader at PwC, joins Ben Robinson, OMFIF’s senior economist. They focus on the driving forces behind sovereign funds’ alternative asset investments, as well as the policy, regulatory and market-based implications.

OMFIF Focus Podcast – Globalisation series: ‘Global implications of national debt.’ Lord Adair Turner, chair of the Institute for New Economic Thinking and former chair of the UK’s Financial Services Authority, joins Vicky Pryce, economist and board member at the Centre for Economics and Business Research. They discuss public and private debt around the world, focusing

In Conversation: Oliver Thew from OMFIF is joined by Kingsley Moghalu, former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and professor of practice at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University from 2015-2017, who recently established the Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation. They discuss economic growth in Nigeria, the country’s

OMFIF Focus Podcast – Globalisation series: ‘Trade in the Asia Pacific region.’ Alan Bollard, executive director of the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation secretariat in Singapore, joins Adam Cotter, OMFIF’s head of Asia. They focus on the challenges to the global trading environment and the outlook for Asia Pacific in the light of the 2020 deadline set by

Danae Kyriakopoulou, OMFIF’s chief economist and head of research, is joined by a panel of experts to discuss development at the US Federal Reserve. Speakers include: Randall Kroszner, former member of the Fed board of governors; Sarah Bloom Raskin, another former board member and former US deputy Treasury secretary; and John Davies, US rates strategist at

OMFIF Focus Podcast – Globalisation series: ‘Future Global Order’. Danny Quah, professor of economics and acting dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, joins Adam Cotter, OMFIF’s head of Asia. They discuss the shifting global economy, the rise of China and the impact of technological advances.

In Conversation: Robert Stheeman, chief executive of the UK Debt Management Office, who has been at the helm of the DMO for the past 15 years, is joined by David Marsh from OMFIF. They discuss the changes that have taken place in financial markets over Stheeman’s tenure and focus on developments in debt management, the