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February 11, 2021
We rank the carbon efficiency of mature market economies to see whether significant climate policy changes may be in store; Northern Europe is most carbon-efficient: Denmark, Ireland, UK top the list, followed by Sweden, Norway, and Finland; Belgium, Italy, Portugal, the U.S., and Australia have relatively more work to do to improve carbon efficiency

February 11, 2021

"As leaders of the international financial community, we know that climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing us all. We are determined to effectively manage the risks for our industry and recognize our key role in mobilizing capital for unprecedented opportunities—solutions to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, strengthen climate resilience, unlock innovation and create jobs."

February 11, 2021
The US is debating whether a $1.9 tn fiscal stimulus will lead to overheating, … a discussion that hinges critically on just how much slack there is...

February 10, 2021

The Egyptian economy has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic relatively well. Monetary policy was appropriately eased and has some scope for additional support to underpin the recovery. Reining in fiscal deficits and debt will require a commitment to fiscal discipline once the COVID-19 crisis abates. 

February 10, 2021

The IIF and Deloitte UK conducted a global survey of sustainability professionals and other senior executives about the role of Chief Sustainability Officers (CSOs) in addressing the environmental, social and governance (ESG) imperative, and found that the CSO is emerging as a “sense-maker in chief,” and is responsible for understanding, and predicting, changes in the external sustainability environment, and re-positioning the business model of their respective firms to tackle this head on. 
 

February 10, 2021

We expect Frontier Asia to remain broadly resilient to the COVID-19 shock. Loose monetary and fiscal policies will extend into ‘21 and support growth. However, tourism will continue to weigh on growth and current accounts. Trade tensions and growing debt are the key risks to their economic outlook.

February 9, 2021
India did not spend much in response to COVID-19 last year, … but plans to boost spending in 21Q1, possibly helping growth. After that we see the ...

February 8, 2021

The IIF and OpenID Foundation have provided comments that focus on the Digital Identity aspects of the FSB-CPMI initiative on the G20 Roadmap for Enhancing Cross-border Payments, and the associated 19 building blocks.

February 8, 2021

The Policy development workstream of the Open Digital Trust Initiative has developed draft Principles for Digital Trust Networks, identifying the high level ‘rules of the road’ that digital trust networks should adopt.

February 5, 2021

The IIF submitted its response to the IAIS on February 5, 2021. 

February 5, 2021

The IIF submitted its response to the IAIS on February 4, 2021. 

February 4, 2021

Credit growth in China reached $5 trillion in 2020, up over 35%yoy—faster than nominal GDP growth; Corporate defaults have risen sharply in recent years, reaching $14bn in 2020 despite relief in Q2/Q3 from forbearance; China’s general gov’t debt at 45% of GDP is well below the global average—but adding local gov’t debt brings it to 92%; China’s overseas investment and lending has slowed in recent years, dropping sharply in 2020 amid the pandemic

February 4, 2021
The COVID-19 shock means that GDP is below potential almost everywhere. But there is big uncertainty how to estimate the output gap, especially in r...

February 3, 2021

The UAE has seen limited health impacts from the pandemic. The vaccine rollout, partial oil price recovery, and progress in digital transformation offer hope for the UAE economy. Technological progress will develop new growth drivers and raise potential growth over the medium-term. 

February 3, 2021

On February 3, the IIF submitted a comment letter to the EBA Discussion Paper on management and supervision of ESG risks.

February 3, 2021

The IIF Sustainable Finance Working Group has submitted a response to the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and its Secretariat, on its public consultation on Forward-looking Financial Sector Metrics.

February 3, 2021

Russia is experiencing the largest protests in years in response to the jailing of Alexei Navalny. Many Russians are frustrated by stagnating incomes, a weak social safety net, and corruption. Years of fiscal consolidation to address sanctions have exacerbated socioeconomic challenges. However, we do not expect protests to change macroeconomic conditions in a fundamental way.

February 2, 2021
Portfolio flows to EM stood at $53.5 bn in January. Equity and debt inflows were $9.4 bn and $44.2 bn. China equity flows posted $6.2 bn in inflow...

February 2, 2021
EM fiscal deficits were extraordinarily large last year, … and will take time to narrow despite economic recovery. We set up a framework to monito...

February 1, 2021

We discuss new initiatives to provide cross-border connectivity for domestic payments innovations, and ways to improve how financial institutions onboard their FinTech partners, with Terry Angelos, Global Head of FinTech at Visa.

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