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| India’s surprising election result is a setback for Modi |
| By Meghnad Desai |
| India has the largest electorate globally with 960m eligible voters. The results of the latest election, conducted over seven rounds of voting in different parts of the country, surprised everyone. Read the full commentary → |
| Landmark ECB cut vindicates Lagarde’s monetary strategy |
| By David Marsh |
| The landmark 0.25 percentage point cut in euro bloc interest rates caps an extraordinary period when the ECB has coped well in mitigating strains on its 26-member governing council. Read the full commentary → |
| Why the ECB needs prudence over cutting interest rates |
| By Ignazio Angeloni |
| The monetary debate seems hijacked by a simple set of questions: when will central banks reduce interest rates? How fast and by how much? Read the full commentary → |
MEETINGS
| The UK and Europe after the election |
| Friday 21 June, Roundtable |
| Ahead of the UK general election on 4 July, OMFIF convenes a roundtable to highlight the key economic issues that will shape the outcome. Register → |
ON DEMAND
| Robert Stheeman: 20 years of managing UK government debt |
| The departing chief executive of the UK Debt Management Office, joins Burhan Khadbai, head of content at OMFIF’s Sovereign Debt Institute, to recall the highs and lows of more than two decades managing the gilt market. Listen → |
LATEST REPORT
| OMFIF Global Public Investor 2024 |
| The 11th edition of OMFIF’s Global Public Investor surveys 73 central banks to uncover how $5.4tn in international reserve assets are likely to be deployed across financial markets. Download → |
