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Bianca Taylor:Ways to Nudge Equitable Climate Finance ForwardLast month COP27 came to a close with a historic announcement to establish a loss and damage fund, where rich countries pledge financial support to countries most vulnerable to the climate crisis. |
Mon, Dec 12, 2022 | Bretton Woods Committee | |
Harry G. Broadman:Washington’s Oil Price Cap Won’t Work-And Putin Knows ItFor the past several months the U.S. has been shopping around to other advanced democracies a coordinated scheme to place a cap on the price Russia can charge on its energy exports to deprive Putin of revenues fueling his war in Ukraine. |
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William R. Rhodes:Warning Signs of a "Volcker Moment"Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman who was my longtime friend and officemate, died at the end of 2019 before Covid-19 swept the planet. |
Mon, Jun 14, 2021 | Reuters Breakingviews |
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Gary Kleiman:War-Torn Country Banking Systems Beg RepairSmall policy decisions and temporary fixes are often offered at the beginning of a conflict, but IFIs need to begin making larger reforms sooner instead of postponing them. This way, economic systems can heal holistically instead of receiving temporary band-aids. |
Thu, Mar 3, 2022 | The Bretton Woods Committee | |
Paul Sheard:Wall Street Journal Bestselling Business BooksBWC member Paul Sheard's new book The Power of Money recently reached The Wall Street Journal's bestselling list for business books. Bretton Woods Committee congratulates Paul on this achievement! |
Tue, Jun 6, 2023 | Wall Street Journal |
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Scott Morris and David Mihalyi:Visualizing the Debt Service Drag on Developing Country GovernmentsThe G7 countries pledged a massive scale-up in support of developing-country financing at their recent summit in the UK. |
Mon, Jul 19, 2021 | Center for Global Development |
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Member Spotlight:Virtual Cash Will Survive the Crypto WinterThe Bretton Woods Committee is proud to Member Spotlight BWC Chair William C. Dudley who recently authored a Bloomberg article on the capacity of CBDCs to make the financial system more useful to greater numbers of people and the need for international standard-setting. “I believe they [CBDCs] still have ample potential to fulfil the promise of a more efficient and inclusive financial world. But their impact will likely be more evolutionary than revolutionary. CBDCs are coming, because they represent a big upgrade over money as we know it," said Dudley. |
Tue, Nov 28, 2023 | Bloomberg | |
Jason Schenker, President of Prestige Economics:Video: The switch to natural gas is a half-way solution before we have more reliable renewable optionsJason Schenker, president of Prestige Economics, discusses concerns for high natural gas prices amid news that Russia plans to fill its European storage sites starting next month and U.S. natural gas storage data numbers that came out today. Schenker says that supply is a concern as global moves away from coal are adding pressure to the market. He says that from a supply standpoint North America is much more secure in natural gas accessibility than Europe. |
Thu, Oct 28, 2021 | BNN Bloomberg | |
William R. Rhodes:Venezuela Is in a Humanitarian CrisisWilliam R. Rhodes, Bretton Woods Committee Advisory Council Member and Global Advisors CEO, says Venezuela is in the midst of a health crisis. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets." (Source: Bloomberg) |
Wed, Feb 13, 2019 | Bloomberg | |
Erin Ennis:US-China Business Council VP says there’s a 50/50 chance a trade deal will done“I think there's at least a 50/50 possibility of it at this point,” U.S.-China Business Council VP Erin Ennis told Fox Business’ “Countdown to the Closing Bell Opens a New Window. ” on Tuesday. |
Tue, May 7, 2019 | Fox Business |