This week’s Digital Finance Developments discusses recent official sector focus on AI and financial stability, the growing preference for utilizing existing authorities over new comprehensive legislation, and increasing attention paid to AI safety institutes.

Transition plans are crucial to businesses’ strategies, guiding their actions and accountability in supporting the shift to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy.

We dive into how recent geopolitical shocks, policy pivots, and data surprises shape the global outlook. Geopolitical tensions are escalating, from U...

The 3rd Plenum held in July proposed significant reforms to help local government finances but still left a lot untouched.

The October 2024 edition of the Global Regulatory Update provides targeted updates on current workstreams and events.

This week’s Digital Finance Developments discusses the increasing nuance with which policymakers are approaching evaluation and design of CBDC programs, noting a trend shift toward wholesale over retail as some markets consider alternatives to retail CBDCs for payments.

Portfolio flows to EM stood at $56.6 bn in September. Equity and debt flows were $27.9 bn and $28.7 bn. Chinese equities posted a significant $24.1 ...

This report analyzes the economic implications of the Israel-Lebanon war on the MENA region and the global economy. In particular, we focus on the effects of two scenarios on the economies of Lebanon, Israel, and Iran.

Paraguay, Ethiopia, Vietnam, and Poland have taken distinct paths to economic growth over the past two decades. Their starting points were shaped by d...

This briefing note reports on recent developments in the digital euro project, focusing on the ECB’s third report on the digital euro preparation phase, the Rulebook Development Group’s work on the digital euro rulebook, and the 13th technical session of the Euro Retail Payments Board.