There's more than one option on Russia's blocked assets. The White House idea is to pull forward future interest earnings. Our team Atlantic Council GeoEconomics Center calculated it would mean over $52 billion for Ukraine next year. That's more than half of Ukraine's expenditures in 2024:

More than 130 countries and currency unions are exploring a CBDC. But in the US and around the world, CBDC has become politicized.

Alisha Chhangani and Leila break down what a CBDC is—and what it isn’t ⤵️
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Thank you Bank of England for joining the Atlantic Council last week for a comprehensive discussion on the digital pound and the future of payments in the UK.

Save-the-Date | September 26 📆

Join the GeoEconomics Center and Atlantik-Brücke for the Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics.

In New York, we will gather global leaders to discuss policies affecting finance, technology, and energy.

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Some of the arguments against seizing the assets are pretty strong. The good news is that there are new ideas on how to mobilise what’s been immobilised.

For a deeper dive, watch the panel I held with Viktoria Dendrinou and Brad Setser last week!

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Enjoyed moderating this session IMF on trade shocks and their economic costs.

LIVE NOW | Josh Lipsky joins the IMF's Middle East and Central Asia department to discuss the impacts of geopolitics on trade IMF Middle East & North Africa twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Appreciate Megan Greene’s clarity here on interest rate policy in the UK.

Gentiloni here hopeful the House will pass Ukraine aid this weekend cc Eurasia Center

Honored to host you Nadia Calviño and congrats to the European Investment Bank on the significant new commitment to Ukraine.

Join us as we host Nadia Calviño at 830 and hear first about the EIB’s new announcement today on major funding for Ukraine

Thought this was an interesting answer from - South Africa’s finance minister throwing cold water on a BRICS currency. Might be news to Putin who is hosting BRICS this year.

We welcome any investment on the African continent on one condition, says 🇿🇦 South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana in a chat with Africa Center’s Rama Yade.

“That investment is not going to undermine the sovereignty of our countries.”

#IMFMeetings #WBGMeetings

WATCH: Irish Finance Minister Michael McGrath joins us at Atlantic Council headquarters to discuss his country's economic trajectory and vision for the future of the Bretton Woods Institutions. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Tripling tariffs on steel, new USTR investigations on maritime, it may be IMF-World Bank international economic multilaterlism week but the spirit of bretton woods is feeling a bit spooked. My latest for our Atlantic Council live blog:

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Day 3 of IMF-World Bank Week Atlantic Council kicks off in 45 minutes. I’ll interview Spain’s new finance minister about the strength of the Spanish economy compared to European peers and Spain’s relationship with both the US and China.

See Ukraine’s deputy Finance
Minister explain what success would look like this week at the meetings

Tune in tomorrow at 3pm for a chat w/ Reza Baqir, Kimberly Donovan and I on sanctions + the dollar

We'll talk about my book, Paper Soldiers, and get Reza's expert view on de-dollarization

Come by Atlantic Council's setup at IMF's HQ in DC or watch here:

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🇲🇽 Thank you to Mexico's Secretary of Finance and Public Credit Rogelio Ramírez de la O for joining Latin America Center and Atlantic Council GeoEconomics Center during IMF-World Bank Week at the Atlantic Council!

'We are a highly open economy, one of the most open economies in the world for both trade and capital.'

🔴🧵 Central bank governors and finance ministers from over 180 countries are gathering in Washington this week for the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings.

Get real-time analysis from our experts on the ground at the IMF and World Bank headquarters:
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