On this Talking Heads podcast, Investment Specialist Thibault Malin argues that even in a scenario where interest rates will be cut, as is the consensus expectation for euro rates this year, a variable rate approach still makes sense when running money market funds. He expects money market rates to remain attractive relative…

This documentary film reveals how Japanese society was transformed to suit the agenda and desire of powerful interest groups, and how citizens were kept entirely in the dark about this. Based on the book of the same title by Professor Richard Werner, a visiting researcher at the Bank of Japan during the 90s crash, during…

In this episode, Yuyun Zhan invites Alessia Amighini and Alicia García-Herrero to discuss China’s latest push to internationalise its currency, the Renminbi. They talk about China’s previous two attempts, its approach to internationalise the RMB this time around and the wider implications of a strengthened RMB, which could…

Dr. Perry Mehrling, Professor of International Political Economy at the Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, joins Forward Guidance to discuss the health of the global dollar system. Sharing ideas from his latest book, “Money and Empire: Charles P. Kindleberger and the Dollar System,” Dr. Mehrling shares…

A Bank for International Settlements study says over $60 trillion of off-the-books currency swaps could be a profound, systematic risk. Rob Johnson joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news.

The UK's recent disastrous "mini" Budget can trace its origins back to Britain's decision to leave the European Union. The economic costs of Brexit were masked by the Covid-19 pandemic and the crisis in Ukraine. But six years after the UK voted to leave, the effect has become clear. In this film, senior…

Professor Kevin Dowd from Durham University Business School argues that CBDC's are unnecessary, undesirable and don’t work, pointing out that there are no obvious benefits from their use and even central bankers have struggled to articulate their usefulness. There is simply no demand for them. Furthermore, if people…

Is the twenty year decline in the proportion of US dollars held in global reserves the beginning of a paradigm shift or part of business as usual?

Joseph is a former senior trader on the Fed's trading desk, where he conducted open market operations and studied the global dollar system.

Project Aurum is a collaboration between the BIS Innovation Hub Hong Kong Centre, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, and the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute. Aurum is a full-stack (front-end and back-end) central bank digital currency (CBDC) system comprising a wholesale interbank system and a…

The impact of climate change is global and can cause tension and uncertainty in global markets. As temperatures increase there is a need to measure how physical changes in climate can affect capital. George Serafeim, Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and academic partner at…

Chief Market Strategist Stephen Dover explores blockchain and digital assets through an equity-investor lens with Anthony Hardy and Christophe Vande Walle. They discuss the growing implications and why investors and asset managers shouldn’t ignore this space.

Blocks and EFRPs are bilaterally negotiated trades which allow customers to use OTC relationships and OTC liquidity while still ultimately benefiting from the potential margin, capital, and operational efficiencies of clearing.

This webinar with Ben Dyson, lead researcher at the the Bank of England central bank digital currency (CBDC) team, expands upon the concepts highlighted in the Bank's recent CBDC white paper.