The OMFIF Podcast

Trump: The First One Hundred Days

Lord (Meghnad) Desai joins a panel of speakers to discuss his new book, Trump: The First One Hundred Days, which includes commentary on macroeconomic issues, monetary and fiscal policy, immigration and trade, as well as the state of the economy that Trump inherited from Barack Obama.

UK election - Britain, Europe and the World - Episode one

A telephone briefing with Philippe Lagayette and Lorenzo Codogno, formerly of the Banque de France and the Italian Ministry of Economy, respectively. The discussion analyses the first round of the French presidential elections, the implications for the second round of votes on 7 May, and the first week since Theresa May triggered the snap UK general election.

OMFIF Telephone Briefing: FOMC Preview - Views on the March 2017 Fed announcement

Danae Kyriakopoulou, OMFIF’s head of research, moderates a panel of experts discussing the decision from the March FOMC meeting. The discussion will include ideas on Trump’s proposed changes to financial regulation and their potential impact on monetary policy.

The Outlook for the Euro, Germany and Europe

A telephone discussion with Hans-Olaf Henkel, MEP and Vice-Chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists. He is a former member of Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) federal executive committee and former president of the Federation of German Industries (BDI). The discussion focused on future of the euro, the outlook for Germany given the German elections and the economic and political implications for Europe.

America on the edge - Telephone briefing on the Trump presidency

Contributors to the OMFIF Press book Trump – Curse or Cure? discuss the political economy of the Trump presidency and administration on the day before his inauguration. Lord (Meghnad) Desai, Darrell Delamaide, Desmond Lachman and Marsha Vande Berg participate in the conversation moderated by Danae Kyriakopoulou. 

US interest rate expectations and ECB decisions

OMFIF organises a telephone briefing to discuss the result of the following day’s FOMC meeting and expected rise in US interest rates. The briefing also examines other global economic developments, including the previous ECB monetary policy meeting. Speakers include Ernst Welteke, former president of Deutsche Bundesbank.

Analysis of the OMFIF Japan Report

John Plender, chairman of OMFIF and author of the report At the edge of a shock - Japan's problematic monetary future, moderates a telephone briefing on the report and potential scenarios under which Japan could emerge from its debt trap. Speakers include Jun Saito of the JCER, as well as Sahoko Kaji and Shumpei Takemori of Keio University.

Markets 'will adjust' to Trump win

Markets will adjust to Donald Trump’s victory as realisation grows that some of the US president-elect’s policies will be tempered by Congress and others will be good for the economy, according to Meghnad Desai, OMFIF advisory board chairman, in a telephone briefing.