The European Central Bank is walking a tightrope in its planning for an ‘anti-fragmentation instrument’, to be unveiled after its governing council meeting on 21 July. Doubts in Italy over Mario Draghi’s government – combined with Germany’s highest inflation since the 1970s, intensified US monetary tightening, the ending of ECB net bond purchases and Ukraine war uncertainties – heighten the euro area’s vulnerability.
Financial markets will keep betting against the euro By Lorenzo Cordogno What’s wrong with the euro? Again and again, we end up discussing its instability and the relentless attempts by financial markets to challenge its existence by betting against the government bond markets of peripheral member countries.
MEETINGS Kazakhstan’s framework for CBDC issuance Friday 22 July, RoundtableBinur Zhalenov, CEO of the Payment and Financial Technologies Development Center at the National Bank of Kazakhstan, joins OMFIF to discuss motivations and approaches to issuance of the digital tenge.
ON DEMAND Max Castelli on reserves management in a time of uncertainty Max Castelli, head of strategy and advice, global sovereign markets, UBS Asset Management, joins Neil Williams, chief economist, OMFIF, to discuss reserves managers’ priorities and concerns for the future.
LATEST REPORT Global Public Investor 2022 More than 75% of the central banks surveyed for the 2022 edition of Global Public Investor believe inflation will be sustainably higher or more volatile for a prolonged period. Just 20% of reserves managers think inflation will be transitory.
