The OMFIF Podcast

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.