Regulators racing to keep up with digital IDs By Julian Jacobs The promise and risks of digital identification create a quandary for regulators, innovators and policy-makers who fret about cybersecurity…
ECB interest rate hesitancy behind currency misalignments By Bob Bischof and David Marsh The European Central Bank’s hesitancy in raising interest rates to counteract spiralling inflation is compounding problems of…
What reducing inflation means for BoE independence By Peter Sedgwick With inflation possibly approaching 10%, the Bank of England faces its toughest test since gaining independence in 1997. There is…
Main risk to recession comes from loose ECB policy By Jacques de Larosière Reasons for the European Central Bank to raise interest rates now to counter rising inflation are overwhelming.…
Structural reforms required to safeguard democratic future By Sunil Sharma and William White Macroeconomic stabilisation policies cannot address the deep structural problems that confront the economies of many advanced democracies.…
Tech-heavy NASDAQ is down over 1% after Netflix’s disappointing subscriber losses, but Tesla results put the worst of tech fears to bed FTSE100 up 0.4%, following mixed trading from Wall…
Europe needs action now on inflation to brake loss of euro trust By Jürgen Stark The European Central Bank’s asymmetric monetary policy approach, followed for several years, has now become…
THE WEEKEND REVIEW Latest opinion and analysis from OMFIF around the world 14-18 March 2022, Vol.13 Ed.11 Most-read Commentary How the ECB can improve its communications:Â As the European Central Bank approaches its first…
Thursday 17 March 2022 – Vol.13 Ed.11.4 Commentary: How the ECB can improve its communications By Moritz Kraemer in Stuttgart As the European Central Bank approaches its first significant monetary tightening…
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY (Monday, March 14, 2022) GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY HIGHLIGHTS March 14 2022 Global Markets Glimmers of hope on some progress in Russia-Ukraine peace talks boost risk-on…
Clear communication key as Berlin wrangles with economic direction Thursday 17 February 2022 – Vol.13 Ed.7.4 Commentary: Competing Berlin economic players stretch Scholz’s big tent By David Marsh and Mark Sobel…
ECB monetary policy seeks to flee from climate change consequences Monday 14 February 2022 – Vol.13 Ed.7.1 Commentary: ECB must choose fight, not flight, on climate change By Rens van…
US must strengthen IMF at February G20 meeting, A new front in ECB’s psychological war over tighter money, and more THE WEEKEND REVIEW Latest opinion and analysis from OMFIF around the world 7-11…
Nagel launches appeal to curb inflation before it is too late Thursday 10 February 2022Vol.13 Ed.6.4 Commentary: A new front in ECB’s psychological war over tighter money By David Marsh…
Draghi remains prime minister, March monetary tightening, and more THE WEEKEND REVIEW Latest opinion and analysis from OMFIF around the world 31 January – 4 February 2022, Vol.13 Ed.5 Most-read Commentary Draghi remains…
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY (Friday, February 4, 2022) GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY HIGHLIGHTS February 4 2022 Global Markets Amid record-high inflation, the ECB took a more hawkish than expected turn…
ECB faces tightening quandary; how climate risks affect bank lending Wednesday 2 February 2022 – Vol.13 Ed.5.3 Commentary: ECB must tighten now to avoid sharper correction later By Jürgen Stark…
ECB faces inflation dilemma but sovereign borrowers unconcerned Wednesday 26 January 2022 – Vol.13 Ed.4.3 Commentary: Wind of change at ECB as Fed tightens, inflation stance shifts By David Marsh…
Most read 2021: Were predictions of the dollar’s decline warranted? Monday 27 December 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.52.1 The year’s top stories: Don’t overplay the dollar’s decline By Mark Sobel in…
Inflation reaction: US, UK from Mars, Europe from Venus, and more THE WEEKEND REVIEW Latest opinion and analysis from OMFIF around the world 13-17 December 2021, Vol.12 Ed.50 Most-Read Commentary Inflation reaction: US,…
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY (Friday, December 17, 2021) GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY HIGHLIGHTS December 17,  2021 Global Markets The ECB Governing Council judged yesterday that progress on economic recovery and towards…
ECB faces tough choices as it tackles fallout from Covid-19 and climate crisis Wednesday 15 December 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.50.3 Commentary: ECB heads for end-year tension over higher inflation By…
CBDC debate in Europe foundering on endemic complexity, ECB should follow Fed and tighten policy, and more THEÂ WEEKENDÂ REVIEWÂ Latest opinion and analysis from OMFIFÂ around the world6-10 December 2021, Vol.12 Ed.49 Most-Read…
Central banks have everything they need to stop inflation acceleration Thursday 2 December 2021 Vol.12 Ed.48.4 Commentary: ECB should keep eyes on inflation prize By Agnès Belaisch and Matteo Cominetta…
Memo to Chancellor Scholz: ‘Sustainable investment not real estate’, COP26 must prompt action on net zero commitments, and more THE WEEKEND REVIEW Latest opinion and analysis from OMFIF around the world 22-26 November…