Does foreign exchange market intervention work? By Mark Sobel Japan’s foreign exchange market intervention earlier this month rekindled longstanding debates over whether intervention ‘works’. But whether it works is an…
The future of payments: a new engine? By Jon Cunliffe Should the public have a right to the safest money in the economy – central bank-issued money? Does the ability…
Global economists briefing Wednesday 10 January, Roundtable This virtual roundtable convenes expert economists to discuss the global economic outlook, focusing on prospects for 2024 in the US, Asia and Europe.…
Outlook 2024: More commotion than motion in foreign exchange markets By Mark Sobel The 2024 global economic outlook is less than stellar. Enormous growth, macroeconomic policy and geopolitical uncertainties pervade…
Susannah Streeter head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown: ”The shocking attacks in Israel have sent the price of oil soaring, as investors assess the potential for the conflict to…
Charles Goodhart: ‘Growth is bound to fall’ By OMFIF editors Taylor Pearce, OMFIF senior economist, spoke with Charles Goodhart, professor emeritus of banking and finance at the London School of…
The last few years have witnessed, in the City of London and elsewhere, a break with the tradition that men of status and representing their business should appear in public…