Member Views
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William C. Dudley:Could Trump Take Over the Fed? It’s a Scary ThoughtBWC chair William C. Dudley writes for Bloomberg Opinion that markets are too calm about the idea of a second Trump presidency. "It's not easy for a single president to undermine the central bank’s independence, but the mere attempt can do a lot of damage."
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Wed, May 15, 2024 | Bloomberg | Opinion | |
Elga Bartsch:Covid Shows That Europe’s Fiscal Rules Are OutdatedWithout a new fiscal regime, the bloc’s economic wounds may take far longer to heal. |
Tue, Feb 2, 2021 | Bloomberg | |
Daniela Bassan:Covid-19 and Legal Institutions: Courting Accessibility and EfficiencyDaniela Bassan, Q.C. is a Partner and Practice Group Chair at the law firm of Stewart McKelvey (Canada) where she focuses on complex, multi-jurisdictional dispute resolution. This blog is a part of special series on the coronavirus. |
Thu, Apr 23, 2020 | Bretton Woods Committee | |
Bianca Taylor:Covid-19 ESG Part 2: Taking a Stab at Excess MortalityPollution, governance and geolocation data for a blunt stab at COVID-19 vulnerability |
Tue, Oct 13, 2020 | Tourmaline Group |
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Lawrence Summers:Covid-19 Looks like a Hinge in HistoryThe Covid-19 crisis is the third major shock to the global system in the 21st century, following the 2001 terror attacks and the 2008 financial crisis. I suspect it is by far the most significant. |
Thu, May 14, 2020 | Financial Times |
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Carl Benedikt Frey:Covid-19 Will Only Increase Automation AnxietyHistorically, depressions have inflamed automation anxiety. Wars, in contrast, often end them. In the US, the machinery debates of the 1920s and 30s began with labour secretary James J. Davis’s famous 1927 speech. |
Tue, Apr 21, 2020 | Financial Times |
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Warren Coats:Covid-19: What should Uncle Sam do?Dr. Coats (Ph.D. U of Chicago) retired from the IMF in 2003 as Assistant Director of Monetary and Exchange Department having joined the institution in 1975. This blog is part of a special series on the coronavirus. |
Wed, Mar 25, 2020 | Bretton Woods Committee | |
Member Monday:Crown Agents BankBWC’s newest organizational member is Crown Agents Bank. Crown Agents connects emerging and frontier markets to the rest of the world, using FX and payments technology. They transform the way payments and FX move through emerging markets, reducing friction so more money gets to those who need it. Their solutions help fix the pain points of usually challenging, expensive, unreliable, and opaque emerging markets payments. They connect hard-to-reach regions to global financial infrastructure, giving access to the best prices and the fastest, most reliable settlement. |
Mon, Jan 30, 2023 | Crown Agents Bank | |
Bill Dudley:Crypto Advocates Should Be Begging for RegulationDigital finance is booming, with the value of cryptocurrencies outstanding reaching more than $2 trillion from almost nothing a decade ago – almost entirely without regulatory oversight to protect investors and the broader financial system. This is not likely to end well, unless officials intervene in a thoughtful way. |
Tue, Apr 26, 2022 | Bloomberg | Opinion | |
William C. Dudley:Crypto Is Worth Fixing. Regulators Should Get Moving"To maintain their credibility, and to derive the greatest benefit from blockchain technology, regulators should intervene and crack down on scams, protect investors, and ensure market integrity," Bloomberg Opinion columnist and BWC Board of Directors Chair William C. Dudley commented. |
Wed, Jan 25, 2023 | Bloomberg | Opinion |