| UK fiscal policy: permanently living on the edge? |
| By Peter Sedgwick |
| Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first budget in October 2024, with its increases in public expenditure, borrowing and taxation, was presented as a one-off ‘reset’ of fiscal policy, not to be repeated in the current parliament. This is too optimistic. Read the full commentary → |
Bridging the funding gap with blended finance
By Barbara Rambousek
With the estimated annual financing required for tackling climate change between 2023-30 at a staggering $2.4tn, public funds can be deployed via blended finance to help bridge this substantial funding gap.
MEETINGS
Future of payments forum
Tuesday 3 December, Conference
As the European Central Bank marks the second year of the digital euro’s ‘preparation phase’, the Future of payments forum in Frankfurt brings together key stakeholders to explore the state of projects and the remaining challenges around upgrading payments infrastructure.
ON DEMAND
Why governments should embrace technology
Mark MacDonald, global public finance management leader at EY, and Joachim Schwerin, principal economist, DG GROW at the European Commission, join OMFIF to discuss why governments should embrace new technology.
LATEST REPORT
Global public funds and transition finance
This report explores pension and sovereign funds’ approaches to transition finance so that they can learn from each other and identify areas of common concern, including internal challenges, regulation and policy and the broader financial markets.
