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C. Randall Henning: Regional Financial Arrangements and the International Monetary Fund: Sustaining Coherence in Global Financial Governance Cooperation and competition among regional financial arrangements (RFAs) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) increasingly determine the effectiveness of the global financial safety net (GFSN), which many observers fear is becoming fragmented.	Thu, Jan 9, 2020	Centre for International Governance Innovation
Barbara C. Matthews: How the Transatlantic Trade Agenda Can Get Its Groove Back in 2020 EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald J. Trump articulated an ambitious—and familiar—trade policy agenda in Davos on January 21. Once again, Brussels and Washington will attempt to negotiate a bilateral free trade deal.	Mon, Jan 27, 2020	Bretton Woods Committee
Nouriel Roubini: Markets are Too Complacent About Coronavirus Despite Sell-off Investors are deluding themselves about how severe the coronavirus outbreak will be. Despite this week’s big sell-off in equity markets, the worst is yet to come. Until this week, the market reaction to the virus had been mild — after a dip in late January, US and global equities rallied to new highs. This complacency was based on a number of flawed assumptions.	Tue, Feb 25, 2020	Financial Times
Rachel Wolfson: Sheila Warren: Blockchain Awareness Growing - but Still Needs 3 Things Speaking at the Hyperledger Global Forum 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona, the World Economic Forum’s head of blockchain and data policy, Sheila Warren, discussed blockchain’s potential to solve real-world problems.	Thu, Mar 5, 2020	Cointelegraph
Mohamed A. El-Erian: The Coming Coronavirus Recession The global economy will go into recession this year. The downturn will be sudden and sharp. And although a constructive response from policymakers, companies, and households could limit its duration, its effects will be felt for decades to come.	Tue, Mar 17, 2020	Foreign Affairs
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
Gary Kleiman: New Emerging Market Contagion Shakes Investor Complacency Gary Kleiman is a recognized expert in the field of global emerging economies and financial markets. This blog is part of a special series on the coronavirus.	Thu, Mar 26, 2020	Bretton Woods Committee
Diana Farrell: The Potential Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Families, Small Businesses, and Communities Diana Farrell, Fiona Greig, and Chris Wheat give insights from five years of big data research.	Tue, Mar 31, 2020	JPMorgan Chase Institute
Daniel Yergin: The Oil Collapse: A Pandemic and a Price War Have Together Brought Energy Markets to a Crisis The global oil market has never in history collapsed as precipitously as it has right now. The oil and gas industry, which provides almost 60 percent of the world’s energy, is engulfed in a double crisis that would have been dismissed as unthinkable at the start of this year.	Thu, Apr 2, 2020	Foreign Affairs
Bessma Momani: Hungary’s Viktor Orban is Using the Coronavirus to Push his Populist-Nationalist Agenda Undoubtedly the coronavirus will bring transformational change to all aspects of our lives, but the impact on global politics will be dire. This week we got a glimpse into how populist-nationalist governments, which continue to be on the rise, will respond to the pandemic.	Fri, Apr 3, 2020	The Globe and Mail