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Making Electronic Money Safer in the Digital Age

December 14, 2021-As e-money use grows, regulators need to focus on consumer protection and the integrity of the overall payments system.
Imagine you go to pay for your morning coffee and your stored-value card returns an error message, or the wallet in the payments app on your phone isn't opening because the company providing the payment service has gone bankrupt. Worse, what if you live in a rural area and the e-money service provided through your mobile phone was the only access you have to the financial system? Or your government now relies on the e-money system to transfer benefits or collect taxes on a large scale?

Digital forms of money-including central bank digital currencies, privately issued stable coins, and e-money-continue to evolve and find new ways to become more integral in people's day-to-day lives. In essence e-money is a digital representation of fiat currency guaranteed by its issuer. Customers exchange regular money into e-money, which they can use to make payments through an app on their cellphone to individuals and businesses alike with ease and immediate effect.

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Source: IMF


Metals Demand From Energy Transition May Top Current Global Supply

December 8, 2021--Firm, market, and country level factors may weigh on metals production under a net-zero scenario.
The clean energy transition needed to avoid the worst effects of climate change could unleash unprecedented metals demand in coming decades, requiring as much as 3 billion tons.

A typical electric vehicle battery pack, for example, needs around 8 kilograms (18 pounds) of lithium, 35 kilograms of nickel, 20 kilograms of manganese and 14 kilograms of cobalt, while charging stations require substantial amounts of copper. For green power, solar panels use large quantities of copper, silicon, silver and zinc, while wind turbines require iron ore, copper, and aluminum.

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Source: imf.org


World Inequality Report 2022

December 7, 2021--The World Inequality Report 2022 presents the most up-to-date and complete data on the various facets of inequality worldwide as of 2021: global wealth, income, gender and ecological inequality. The analysis is based on several years' work by more than one hundred researchers from around the world, and will be published by the World Inequality Lab.

The data is available in the most complete database on economic inequality, the World Inequality Database. The report includes a foreword by 2019 economic Nobel prize laureates Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo.

In a nutshell
In 2021, after three decades of trade and financial globalization, global inequalities remain extremely pronounced: they are about as great today as they were at the peak of Western imperialism in the early 20th century. In addition, the Covid pandemic has exacerbated even more global inequalities. Our data shows that the top 1% took 38% of all additional wealth accumulated since the mid-1990s, with an acceleration since 2020. More generally speaking, wealth inequality remains at extreme levels in all regions

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Source: World Inequality Database


Addressing Inflation Pressures Amid an Enduring Pandemic

December 3, 2021--With inflationary pressures intensifying and Omicron generating new uncertainties, monetary policymakers are facing new and challenging tradeoffs.
The resurgence of the pandemic and the latest variant, Omicron, have sharply increased uncertainty around global economic prospects. This comes as several countries grapple with inflation well above their monetary policy targets.

It is however evident that the strength of the economic recovery and magnitude of underlying inflationary pressures vary significantly across countries.Accordingly, policy responses to rising prices must be calibrated to the unique circumstances of individual economies.

We see grounds for monetary policy in the United States-with gross domestic product close to pre-pandemic trends, tight labor markets, and now broad-based inflationary pressures-to place greater weight on inflation risks as compared to some other advanced economies including the euro area. It would be appropriate for the Federal Reserve to accelerate the taper of asset purchases and bring forward the path for policy rate increases.

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Source: imf.org


Sovereign Domestic Debt Restructuring: Handle with Care

December 1, 2021--Restructuring domestic debt is like surgery: You only do it if you must, and you avoid it if it might do more harm than good.
With rising debt vulnerabilities and growing stocks of sovereign domestic debt in emerging and developing economies, the questions of when and how to restructure such debt are now more acute than ever.

Over the past two decades, emerging market developing economies have seen their share of sovereign domestic debt-let's call it "domestic debt" for short-increase from 31 to 46 percent of their total sovereign debt.

Thus, restructuring of domestic debt is likely to play a role in the resolution of future debt crises. A new IMF paper draws on the past 40 years of sovereign debt restructurings to offer some insights into the key considerations for a domestic debt restructuring that restores debt sustainability while minimizing the disruption caused.

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Source: IMF


ESG Investments Poised to Reach $30 Trillion by 2030

November 30, 2021--Asset managers need to better plan and prepare for expected ESG funds growth, according to Broadridge research
A new report from Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., a global Fintech leader, reveals assets in dedicated environmental, social, and governance (ESG) mutual funds, ETFs, institutional mandates, and private funds are on track to grow from $8 trillion today to as much as $30 trillion by the end of this decade.

Asset managers stand to win up to $9 trillion of net new flows, with expanding opportunities through thematic strategies, climate transition and net zero solutions, and investments offering measurable sustainability impacts.

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Source: broadridge.com


World Gold Council-New research: The social and economic contribution of gold mining

November 30, 2021--This report provides quantitative insights into how large-scale mining (LSM), and specifically mines operated by World Gold Council (WGC) member companies, contributes to economic advancement and improves livelihoods at a global, national and local community level. The report aims to inform and deepen the on-going discussion of the overall benefits of gold mining on host communities and countries, and to consider how those benefits can most effectively be supported and sustained.

In 2020, the WGC member companies produced 34.5 million ounces of gold and were able to contribute close to US$38 billion to the GDP of countries they operate in. World Gold Council member companies have committed to demonstrable standards of responsible and sustainable business practice and their data provided a robust sample to allow us to quantify the industry's socio-economic contribution.

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Source: gold.org


Prospects Group Global Monthly-November 2021-Global activity is firming despite a nascent resurgence of COVID-19 and continued supply bottlenecks

November 23, 2021--Overview
High-frequency indicators point to an improvement in the United States and several commodity-exporting EMDEs, but to moderation in the euro area and Central and Eastern Europe.
Rising inflation pressures have yet to materially weigh on global financial conditions.

Special Focus: Informality, Poverty and Income Inequality
Informality is associated with significantly higher poverty and income inequality and less effective fiscal policies.
Informality, poverty, and inequality may interreact through various channels, including systematically higher wages in the formal sector, lower tax revenues, less government spending on essential public services, and weaker social safety nets.

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Source: worldbank.org


Quantum Computing's Possibilities and Perils

November 23, 2021--Quantum computers could crack the cryptography that underpins financial stability
Soldiers in ancient Greece would send secret dispatches by wrapping a strip of parchment around a staff and writing across it. Their messages could be deciphered only by someone with a staff of the same thickness. It is one of the earliest examples of cryptography.

Today's secrets, such as Internet communication, digital banking, and electronic commerce, are protected from prying eyes by powerful computer algorithms. Yet these hitherto impenetrable cryptographic codes could soon be history.

Quantum computers can reach a level of optimization that would crack many of today's encryption keys in less time than it takes to generate them using conventional digital computers. Financial institutions should future-proof their cybersecurity systems without delay. Failure to do so will imperil financial stability.

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Source: imf.org


Major sector ETFs face risk of large tech companies being reclassified

November 16, 2021--Three of the world's four largest sector-based exchange traded funds face a shake-up due to proposed changes in their composition that would reclassify major companies in information technology indices...

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Source: ft.com


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Middle East ETP News


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Africa ETF News


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June 18, 2025 Global Energy Transition Gains Ground, but Security and Capital Challenges Persist
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May 30, 2025 IMF Working Paper-Interest Rate Sensitivity Scenarios to Guide Monetary Policy

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