In the lead up to COP28, OMFIF’s Sustainable Policy Institute is joined by Bo Li, deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund. Li provides an overview of the global effort to fight climate change, the IMF’s objectives for COP28 and its present activities in climate mitigation and adaptation. Topics for discussion include the […]
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This roundtable convened an expert panel from across international financial institutions to evaluate the macroeconomic outlook for Hungary and the central and eastern Europe region. Speakers addressed the performance and prospects for Hungary and the CEE region, exploring factors including inflation, employment, balance of payments, fiscal positions and geopolitical risk. The discussion also encompassed structural
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Barry Eichengreen, professor of economics and political science at the University of California, Berkeley, and Chima Simpson-Bell, economist in the African Department at the International Monetary Fund, joined Taylor Pearce, senior economist at OMFIF, to discuss the rise of gold as a central bank reserve asset. OMFIF’s Global Public Investor 2023 report revealed a resurgence in
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The digital euro project has made considerable progress since its launch in 2021. As its investigation phase now draws to a close, the European Central Bank is preparing its opinions on the legislative proposals and will report on the findings in the coming months. Ulrich Bindseil, director general of market infrastructures and payments, ECB, joined
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Ahead of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meeting in November, Chief Economist Huw Pill discusses the economic situation and monetary policy implementation in the UK. He delved into prospects for economic growth and gave his views on the future path of inflation.
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Now in its seventh year, the Absa Africa Financial Markets Index evaluates countries’ financial development based on measures of market accessibility, openness and transparency. The index is a key benchmark for investors to gauge African countries’ market infrastructure and is used by policy-makers to learn from developments across the continent. Produced by OMFIF and sponsored
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Tibor Tóth and Péter Banai, state secretaries of the Hungarian ministry of finance, joined Christopher Garnett, senior adviser to OMFIF’s Sovereign Debt Institute, for a conversation on the economic outlook in Hungary. They cover labour market reform, increasing and diversifying foreign direct investment inflows and export diversification and fiscal consolidation following the pandemic. They
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Barnabás Virág, deputy governor of Magyar Nemzeti Bank, joins David Marsh, OMFIF chairman, for a conversation on the economic outlook in Hungary. Their discussion covers the country’s short- and long-term economic trajectory. They cover inflation and monetary policy, improving productivity and competitiveness, foreign direct investment, export diversification, progress on the sustainable agenda and Hungary’s prospects
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This discussion brought together funding heads from Hungary’s sovereign bond issuance programme and from experienced borrowers in the global debt capital markets. Led by Zoltán Kuráli, chief executive officer for the country’s debt management office, ÁKK, representatives from these issuers joined a panel of bond portfolio managers from around Europe. They discussed funding programmes, aims
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