Current Account with Clay Lowery
Hot topics in the financial industry from a U.S. politics and policy point of view.
2 years ago

Episode 54 – Annual Meetings in Marrakech: Key Takeaways

with IIF's Martin Boer, Jeremy McDaniels and Jessica Renier

In this episode of Current Account, Clay records live from the IIF's Annual Membership Meetings in Marrakech, Morocco. He is accompanied by colleagues to cover a variety of key issues talked about both at the IIF and IMF/World Bank meetings. Martin Boer, Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs, joins to talk about key regulatory issues, Jeremy McDaniels, Deputy Director of Sustainable Finance, talks about a number of topics in the realm of sustainable finance, and Jessica Renier, Managing Director of Digital Finance, covers Data Policy, Digital Payments, Artificial Intelligence and more.

Read more…
2 years ago

Episode 53 – Inflation, and Yields, and China...Oh My!

with IIF's Managing Director and Chief Economist Robin Brooks

In this Episode of Current Account, Clay is joined by IIF's Managing Director and Chief Economist Robin Brooks to take a look ahead at various global economic issues ahead of the Annual Meetings of the IMF, IIF and World Bank.

Read more…
2 years ago

Episode 51 – MDB Reform - Better Mousetrap or More Cheese?

In this episode of Current Account, Clay recaps the recent G20 meetings in India, focusing on the topic of Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) reform. The discussion covers the US approach, what impacts MDB reform may have and how the upcoming IMF/World Bank meetings will discuss this topic.
Read more…
3 years ago

Episode 49 – Let’s Go Quilting — ISSB Disclosure Standards

with IIF's Jeremy McDaniels, Deputy Director, Sustainable Finance, Global Policy Initiatives & Katie Rismanchi, Deputy Director, Regulatory Affairs

In this episode of Current Account, Clay is joined by two IIF colleagues, Jeremy McDaniels, Deputy Director of Sustainable Finance and Katie Rismanchi, Deputy Director of Regulatory Affairs, to help explain the recent developments in the standards set by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB.) The discussion includes an explanation of the ISSB and its standards, international reaction to the standards, differences in approach in Europe and the US, and prognosticating the implementation of these standards. This will be the final episode of Current Account until September, make sure to look out for new episodes after our summer break.
Read more…
3 years ago

Episode 48 – Howdy Modi: India Hosts the G20 and Visits Washington

In this episode of Current Account, Clay takes a look at the current state of India. Topics broadly cover India's role as this year's G20 chair, what the upcoming Central Bank Governor and Finance Minister meetings may look like, reviewing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to the United States and India's relationships with China and Russia.

Read more…
3 years ago

Episode 47 – Is Japan’s Monetary Policy the Hotel California?

with Nathan Sheets, Global Chief Economist at Citi

In this episode of Current Account, Clay is joined by Nathan Sheets, Global Chief Economist at Citi, to talk about Japan. The discussion centers on a recent history of Japanese economy, what a transition from Gov. Kuroda to Gov. Ueda is looking like, explaining the policy of Yield Curve Control and its pros and cons and what the future may look like for Japan.
Read more…
3 years ago

Episode 46 – Paris or Bust? A Summit on Financing for the Poor

In this episode of Current Account, Clay takes a look at the upcoming meetings in Paris. The Summit for a New Global Financing Pact takes place on June 22-23, and Clay talks about many of its key points, but focuses mainly on Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). Other topics include Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) reform, taxes and innovative financing, and global debt.
Read more…
3 years ago

Episode 45 – Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride to Regulate Digital Assets

In this week's episode of Current Account, Clay dives into a topic at the forefront of the minds of many - digital asset regulation in the United States. He begins by explaining what the recent developments have been, lawsuits filed by the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) and a recent draft bill in Congress to establish a regulatory framework for digital assets with the SEC and Commodity Future Trading Commission (CFTC), before discussing what the impacts of these events might have immediately and what the process might look like as the US works its way to establishing a framework.

Read more…