The November 2023 edition of the Global Regulatory Update provides targeted updates on current workstreams and events.

Global debt reached a staggering $307 trillion in Q3 2023, with a big increase across the board in both mature markets (U.S., Japan, France, and the UK) and emerging markets (China, India, Brazil, and Mexico).

We see solid activity in Latin America next year, supported by external conditions. Excluding Argentina, our 2024 growth forecast is significantly ab...

This week’s Digital Finance Developments highlights efforts to establish frameworks to govern artificial intelligence use, acknowledging that developing regulation for a fast-evolving technology will be challenging and that continual engagement between industry and policymakers will be important.

We analyze the impact of a potential spike in oil prices on advanced and developing countries, as well as the global economy as whole. We find that the overall effect is much less severe than in previous oil shocks due to structural changes including the reduction in the intensity use of oil.

Portfolio flows to EM stood at -$3.4 bn in October. Equity and debt flows were -$17.2 bn and $13.8 bn. Chinese equities posted -$7.5 bn in outflows....

Voluntary carbon credit issuance and retirement have cooled significantly amidst integrity concerns, highlighting the need for private sector-led initiatives like the ICVCM Core Carbon Principles to be operationalized as soon as possible.

We forecast PPP-weighted global growth of 2.9 percent next year, … in line with Bloomberg consensus (2.5) and IMF (2.7) on similar definitions. Bene...

October's edition of the Digital Finance Download. A monthly update of significant developments in digital finance around the globe.

The ESG debt universe has expanded by $1.1 trillion over the past four quarters, surpassing $5.6 trillion in Q3 2023.

There have been two very large macro surprises in 2023. The first is that the US did not go into recession after SVB failed. The second is that infl...

The IIF has responded to a call by the Financial Stability Board for case studies of the impacts of data frameworks on cross-border payments. In the paper, available to IIF members only, the IIF puts forward specific examples of data barriers that can adversely impact cross-border payments.

This week’s Digital Finance Developments considers accelerators for the digital transformation of the economy, with a focus on digital infrastructure. Increasing public sector attention is likely to shape initiatives to expand access and drive digital service delivery.