Members of the Group of Thirty are engaged in a wide variety of financial and economic issues, frequently offering their perspectives, ideas, and solutions. Below is a list of articles and interviews that G30 members have contributed in their personal capacities.
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March 2025
Jason Furman:
(Mar 31) Trump Is About to Bet the Economy on a Theory That Makes No Sense
(Mar 14) Cost-Benefit Economics
William C. Dudley:
(Mar 26) Why the Fed Wants to Keep More US Government Debt
(Mar 24) The US Needs Stablecoin Legislation Now
(Mar 12) These Tariffs Will Be Worse Than Markets Think
Klaas Knot:
(Mar 26) Klaas Knot: Presentation of the 2024 annual report
John C. Williams:
(Mar 26) John C Williams: Opening remarks - New York Fed Regional and Community Banking Conference
(Mar 21) Certain Uncertainty
(Mar 12) John C Williams: Discussion of "Monetary policy transmission to real activity"
Andrew Bailey:
(Mar 25) Andrew Bailey: Growth - what does it take in today's world?
Lawrence H. Summers:
(Mar 22) Larry Summers on the Fed, US Energy Policy, Death by Bandwagon, DC Real Estate
(Mar 20) Tariffs, economic uncertainty raise risk of recession
(Mar 20) Summers Says Slowing Balance-Sheet Runoff Pace Is ‘Alarming’ Signal on Debt Fragilitys
(Mar 12) 50-50 Chance of a Recession This Year: Larry Summers
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala:
(Mar 19) America’s Big Trade Win
(Mar 7) WTO urges global trading partners to engage in dialogue with US on tariffs
(Mar 6) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Tiwa Savage, Nissi Ogulu & Others Honoured at 2025 Forbes Women Africa Awards
Mohamed A. El-Erian:
(Mar 17) The US Economic Outlook Is Becoming More Uncertain
(Mar 11) What lies behind the dramatic shift in markets
(Mar 10) The Fed’s Fixation on a 2% Inflation Target Is Risky
(Mar 4) US Recession Odds Are Becoming Unsettlingly High
William C. Dudley:
(Mar 12) These Tariffs Will Be Worse Than Markets Think
John C. Williams:
(Mar 12) John C Williams: Discussion of "Monetary policy transmission to real activity"
Raghuram G. Rajan:
(Mar 11) Trumponomics’ Exorbitant Burden
Roger W. Ferguson Jr.:
(Mar 8) Roger Ferguson on February jobs report: A 'so far, so good' relief kind of number
Kenneth Rogoff:
(Mar 5) What Trump 2.0 Means for Africa and Latin America
Joachim Nagel:
(Mar 3) Bundesbank proposes debt brake reform for sound public finances and increased investment
Adair Turner:
(Mar 3) Martin Wolf talks to Adair Turner: Can the world decarbonise fast enough?
February 2025
Adair Turner:
(Feb 27) AI Will Not Supercharge GDP Growth
Joachim Nagel:
(Feb 26) Watch CNBC's full interview with Deutsche Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel
(Feb 14) Nagel says Europe needs digital currency for ‘sovereignty’
(Feb 13) Gradual approach on inflation has served ECB well
William C. Dudley:
(Feb 25) The Fed Must See What’s Wrong To Do Its Job Right
(Feb 12) To Win the Global Money Game, America Has to Play
Raghuram G. Rajan:
(Feb 21) Was DEI really just performative political theatre?
Daron Acemoglu:
(Feb 18) Will We Squander the AI Opportunity?
(Feb 12) Nobel prize winner on threat of AI dictators and Big Tech’s risk to democracy
(Feb 10) The future of Europe is not Silicon Valley AI
(Feb 8) The real threat to American prosperity
(Feb 4) A Sputnik Moment for AI?
(Feb) Institutions, Technology and Prosperity
Mario Draghi:
(Feb 18) European Parliamentary Week 2025
Klaas Knot:
(Feb 18) Klaas Knot: Dealing with geo-economic fragmentation
Mohamed A. El-Erian:
(Feb 14) The mounting risks to US exceptionalism
(Feb 11) Trump’s Early Tariff Wins Mask Future Risks
(Feb 4) ‘Global south’ concept fuels unrealistic aspirations
Lesetja Kganyago:
(Feb 13) Lesetja Kganyago: Institutions, leadership and the populist challenge
Andrew Bailey:
(Feb 11) Are we underestimating changes in financial markets? - speech by Andrew Bailey
Lawrence H. Summers:
(Feb 11) Summers Sees Biggest Inflation-Breakout Risk Since 2021 Errors
Agustin Carstens:
(Feb 6) Chapultepec Conference 2025 – Keynote speech by Agustín Carstens
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala:
(Feb 3) Can the WTO stay relevant? With Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
January 2025
Mohamed A. El-Erian:
(Jan 31) Give the UK Growth Agenda a Chance
(Jan 27) The Three Forces Shifting the Investment Landscape
(Jan 20) Donald Trump needs to mind the gaps
(Jan 9) 2025 Economic Outlook with Mohamed El-Erian
Klaas Knot:
(Jan 31) From Frankfurt with love: 14 years on the ECB’s Governing Council
Mario Draghi:
(Jan 24) Mario Draghi awarded with the international “PoliTO Foresight and Innovation” prize
Philip Hildebrand:
(Jan 24) A Macro and Geopolitical Outlook - Live from Davos
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala:
(Jan 24) How trade can protect the environment, instead of harming it
Tharman Shanmugaratnam:
(Jan 22) Closing the Jobs Gap | Opening remarks by President Tharman | World Economic Forum 2025
Gita Gopinath:
(Jan 21) On Global Growth And India's $10 Trillion Dream
Andrew Bailey:
Janet Yellen:
Pan Gongsheng:
(Jan 13) Speech - opening ceremony of the Asian Financial Forum
Daron Acemoglu:
(Jan 9) Are High-Skill Immigrants a Problem?
Jason Furman:
(Jan 7) Left and Right Alike Are Blind to Trade-Offs
Raghuram G. Rajan:
(Jan 3) Economic Development in a Protectionist World
December 2024
Jason Furman:
(Dec 10) Strengthening America's Economic Dynamism
(Dec 8) Jason Furman on the Future of the United States Economy
(Dec 4) Eight Questions—and Some Answers—on the US Fiscal Situation
(Dec 4) Economic Growth Won’t Reduce the Deficit Enough
William C. Dudley & Axel Weber:
(Dec 10) A Dual Strategy to Transform Cross-Border Payments
Lawrence H. Summers:
(Dec 10) Implications of new US foreign economic policy: Conversation with Lawrence Summers
Daron Acemoglu:
(Dec 8) 2024 Nobel Prize Lectures in Economic Sciences
Roger W. Ferguson Jr.:
(Dec 6) The Fed will likely cut 25 bps in December then be in a wait-and-see mode
William C. Dudley:
(Dec 6) A Bitcoin Reserve Would Be a Bad Deal for Americans
(Dec 2) The Fed’s Next Big Policy Rethink Needs Rethinking
Mohamed A. El-Erian:
(Dec 5) This Is Not France’s "Truss" Moment
(Dec 3) An extraordinary global economy will require extraordinary agility
(Dec 2) 'Don't short U.S. economic exceptionalism'
Kenneth Rogoff:
(Dec 4) China's Real Estate Challenge
John C. Williams:
(Dec 2) The Journey
Klaas Knot:
(Dec 2) On phronesis and price stability
November 2024
Andrew Bailey:
(Nov 29) Growth
Klaas Knot:
(Nov 29) Geopolitics and economics - a high-traffic intersection
(Nov 18) Knot Your Average Banker: Klaas Knot, President of Dutch National Bank
(Nov 11) Beyond the rules - promoting an ethical culture in central banks and supervisory authorities
Daron Acemoglu:
(Nov 29) The World Needs a Pro-Human AI Agenda
Kenneth Rogoff:
(Nov 28) Europe’s Economy Is Stalling Out
(Nov 25) r-g before and after the Great Wars 1507-2023
Joachim Nagel:
(Nov 27) Joint European responses to the challenges we face
(Nov 26) Geoeconomic fragmentation - handling inflation pressures and volatility, increasing resilience
(Nov 4) A stable euro in a strong Europe
William C. Dudley:
(Nov 26) Bessent Will Have to Fix America’s Finances. Good Luck With That.
(Nov 18) Powell's view is that policy is still restrictive and needs to be: Former New York Fed president
(Nov 12) I Would Not Be a Stock Market Bull, Dudley Says
Gita Gopinath:
(Nov 21) Closing Session - 12th IMF Statistical Forum: Measuring the Implications of AI on the Economy
Jason Furman:
(Nov 21) How to Regulate AI Without Stifling Innovation
(Nov 15) The Fed in some ways is accepting rather than defining reality
(Nov 11) It Will Be Hard for Fed to Keep Cutting Rates After December, Furman Says
(Nov 11) What a second Trump term means for U.S. fiscal health - Marketplace Morning Report
(Nov 9) Jason Furman: The Hale Report Ep. 62
John C. Williams:
(Nov 21) Fed’s Williams Sees Inflation Cooling and Interest Rates Falling Further
(Nov 14) X Marks the Spot: Making Missing Markets
Lesetja Kganyago:
(Nov 21) SARB MPC Press Conference
Mohamed A. El-Erian:
(Nov 14) El-Erian Sees ‘Difficult Choices’ Ahead for the Federal Reserve
(Nov 14) Once Again, It Was the Economy, Stupid
(Nov 7) Ignore the doom-mongers: the good news on interest rates shows Labour is on the right track
(Nov 4) The Two Things We Need From the Federal Reserve Right Now
(Nov 1) El-Erian Says Three Elements of Jobs Report Are Noise
Roger W. Ferguson Jr.:
(Nov 4) The Fed should look through the weaker-than-expected October jobs report
Mario Draghi:
(Nov 1) Europe can learn fiscal lessons from the UK on how to achieve its goals
October 2024
Agustin Carstens:
(Oct 31) The future of finance
(Oct 29) A test of resolve: credible resolution following the 2023 banking turmoil
(Oct 22) Risks facing the global economy
Jason Furman:
(Oct 29) What happens when Social Security runs out of money?
(Oct 17) Policy Making in the Modern Era - Harvard
(Oct 17) How would across-the-board tariffs create chaos in 2025? - Virtual Event
Pan Gongsheng:
(Oct 29) Pan Gongsheng: Strike the right balance and pursue high-quality development of the Chinese economy
Mohamed A. El-Erian:
(Oct 29) Bond Market Responds Oddly to the Fed’s Move
(Oct 21) Why the west should be paying more attention to the gold price rise
(Oct 21) Toward a Fifth World Order
(Oct 18) How to Judge the New British Government’s First Budget
(Oct 17) El-Erian on Fed: Time to Get Out of Data Dependency
(Oct 10) China Has Taken Out an Insurance Policy, Not a Bazooka
(Oct 7) How to Think About the Surprising US Jobs Data
Klaas Knot:
(Oct 28) Want a strong financial system? Implement Basel III
(Oct 28) Partly cloudy skies in the euro area, with a silver lining
(Oct 23) ECB’s Knot says the central bank should worry about undershoots as much as it does about overshoots
Andrew Bailey:
(Oct 28) The future of money and payments
(Oct 24) Today's challenges in financial stability - the new and the not so new
Gita Gopinath and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala:
(Oct 26) Per Jacobsson Lecture
Joachim Nagel:
(Oct 24) Dot plots for the Eurosystem?
(Oct 22) Breaking the vicious circle between banks and sovereigns for good
(Oct 14) Introducing a digital euro - the cross-border dimension
(Oct 1) Opportunities and risks of digitalisation in geopolitically difficult times
(Oct 1) Interactions between monetary policy, regulation and financial markets
Raghuram G. Rajan:
(Oct 24) Reform or Irrelevance for the IMF?
Arminio Fraga:
(Oct 23) The Economics of Neopopulism
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala:
(Oct 23) The Key to Unlocking the Benefits of Trade
(Oct 4) Unilateralism leads to lose-lose situation
Tharman Shanmugaratnam:
(Oct 23) Creating Jobs for Young People | World Bank Annual Meetings 2024
Lesetja Kganyago:
(Oct 22) Lessons learnt - how the South African Reserve Bank moved inflation to 4.5% and what it cost
(Oct 7) Paradigm shift - the future of payments in South Africa
Lawrence H. Summers:
(Oct 21) A Conversation with Lawrence H. Summers - Dartmouth
Hélène Rey:
(Oct 21) The Explainer of Dollar Power
Mark Carney:
(Oct 18) Mark Carney on Uncommons
William C. Dudley:
(Oct 18) Bill Dudley on Reading the Fed's Dot Plot
(Oct 3) How My Hard Economic Landing Forecast Went Wrong
Ernesto Zedillo:
(Oct 15) Reinforcing the multilateral system: Counting on Europe to keep us from the brink
(Oct 9) Bill Graham Lecture: Jean Chrétien & Former President of Mexico Ernesto Zedillo
John C. Williams:
(Oct 14) All about data
(Oct 1) Ten years gone
Roger W. Ferguson Jr.:
(Oct 14) There's not much consensus for a Fed pause right now
(Oct 3) A Former Fed Vice Chair Sizes Up Rates, the Economy, and Powell
Masaaki Shirakawa:
(Oct 11) Japan government must remember commitment to fiscal side of BOJ pact
Kenneth Rogoff:
(Oct 10) Is Capitalism Really the Cause of Global Inequality?
(Oct 1) Rethinking Foreign Funding for Africa
Mario Draghi:
(Oct 9) The Future of European Competitiveness - International Energy Agency
Jean-Claude Trichet:
(Oct 4) A 'dramatic break' with China would be a 'big mistake'
September 2024
Mohamed A. El-Erian:
(Sep 30) The Federal Reserve’s insurance policy
(Sep 16) Labor Is Risking Its Encouraging Economic Start
(Sep 13) The big question is what comes next after the Federal Reserve's rate cut
(Sep 12) Markets Lack a Dominant Economic View
Mario Draghi:
(Sep 30) The future of European competitiveness: a conversation with Mario Draghi
(Sep 9) The future of European competitiveness
(Sep 9) Von der Leyen and Draghi Unveil Strategies for Europe's Future Competitiveness
Roger W. Ferguson Jr.:
(Sep 27) Expect the Fed to cut two more times this year
(Sep 26) Former Fed Vice Chair Ferguson on Rates, Inflation, and the Economy
(Sep 26) Volatility will come from being data dependent.
(Sep 16) I would vote for a 25 basis point rate cut this week, says Roger Ferguson
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala:
(Sep 27) The Slow Mpox Response Is Another Pandemic Wake-Up Call
Daron Acemoglu:
(Sep 27) Escaping the New Gilded Age
(Sep 18) AI Economic Impact Overstated, Says MIT's Acemoglu: Asia Centric
(Sep 17) How tech could actually make things better
(Sep 11) Is AI overrated or underrated?
(Sep 2) Rethinking the AI boom
John C. Williams:
(Sep 11) 'E' is for equipoise
(Sep 6) A Conversation with John C. Williams of the Federal Reserve Bank of NY
Joachim Nagel:
(Sep 24) Joachim Nagel: Why do we need Europe?
(Sep 19) Joachim Nagel: Current monetary policy topics
(Sep 3) What can we learn from the recent disinflation episode?
Klaas Knot:
(Sep 24) Klaas Knot: The mission of Gerard Vissering - why we need independent central banks
(Sep 19) Klaas Knot: On flood management and financial stability
Lawrence H. Summers:
(Sep 23) Fed Unlikely to be Able to Cut as Much as They Want
(Sep 19) Markets Overestimate Future Fed Easing
(Sep 6) No Red or Green Light for the Fed
William C. Dudley:
(Sep 20) William Dudley on the monetary policy outlook for the US
(Sep 18) Bill Dudley Expects Fed to Cut Again in November
(Sep 16) The Fed Should Go Big Now. I Think It Will.
(Sep 16) Former NY Fed President Bill Dudley Talks Central Bank, New Essay | Bloomberg Talks
(Sep 6) Former New York Fed President Bill Dudley Talks Rate Cuts | Bloomberg Talks
(Sep 5) High Tariffs, Weak Dollar? A Recipe for Disaster
Jason Furman:
(Sep 11) Globalization with minimal apologies
(Sep 5) Jason Furman on the one number the world is waiting for
Gita Gopinath:
(Sep 18) A Strategic Pivot in Global Fiscal Policy
Raghuram G. Rajan:
(Sep 9) Industrial Policy's Deceptive New Clothes
Jean-Claude Trichet:
(Sep 7) Former ECB chief provides insights into EU monetary policy
(Sep 6) ECB Cuts, Yen Correction, China Inflation
Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala:
(Sep 6) The Water-Security Crisis
Jacob A. Frenkel:
(Sep 6) Central Bank Policies
Kenneth Rogoff:
(Sep 5) We Will See More Spikes in Inflation
Agustin Carstens:
(Sep 3) Strong together: the benefits of international cooperation
August 2024
Mohamed A. El-Erian:
(Aug 30) Analytical Volatility Is Worse than Market Whiplash
(Aug 22) US Economy Is Lacking Anchors, Mohamed El-Erian Says
(Aug 19) The Stakes Are High for Powell at Jackson Hole
(Aug 14) The Market May Be Too Aggressive on Fed Rate Cuts
(Aug 13) The market is expecting too much from the Fed
(Aug 8) Beware of the Fed's Contrived Consensus
(Aug 6) The Fed Should Resist Placating Markets
(Aug 5) Policymakers need to rethink some rules
(Aug 2) US Economy Slowing Faster, Broader Than Anticipated
(Aug 2) Economist says Federal Reserve too slow to cut interest rates and weakening the economy
Klaas Knot:
(Aug 29) Monetary-fiscal policy mix in the euro area - lessons learned and the way forward
Raghuram G. Rajan:
(Aug 28) Jobs, Economy and India's Youth
Roger W. Ferguson Jr.:
(Aug 27) Expect the Fed to cut in a series of 25 basis point moves
(Aug 15) The data right now supports a 'slower, more cautious' move in rates
(Aug 14) We're definitely in a place to cut interest rates and should do so
(Aug 5) Recession fears are overstated
(Aug 1) A September rate cut is 'far more likely than not' at this point
Agustin Carstens:
(Aug 27) Cross-border payments - unlocking new frontiers
Andrew Bailey:
(Aug 26) Reflecting on recent times
Lawrence H. Summers:
(Aug 9) Volatility and Calls for a Cut Rate - Wall Street Week
(Aug 2) US Higher Education Has Lost its Way
Gita Gopinath:
(Aug 17) IMF's Gita Gopinath & 15th Finance Commission chairman NK Singh speak on trade, industry & growth
(Aug 16) India to become 3rd largest economy by 2027
William C. Dudley:
(Aug 16) Five Big Questions for the Fed at Jackson Hole
(Aug 7) The Fed's Wild Ride Has Just Begun
(Aug 7) Bloomberg Talks: Bloomberg Opinion Columnist William Dudley Talks Fed's Patience
Jason Furman:
(Aug 16) Jason Furman: 'Immigration has been the most important factor'
(Aug 7) Jason Furman on the Fed and recession risks
(Aug 5) The Fed and Monday's Correction
(Aug 4) Careers: Charting Your Course
Kenneth Rogoff:
(Aug 14) Inflation is going down, prices are going up
(Aug 6) Stock market regains some stability after US recession worries
Paul Krugman:
(Aug 13) Why Presidents Should Keep Their Hands Off the Fed
(Aug 6) Market Crashes Happen. They Don't Necessarily Mean Much.
(Aug 5) The Economy Is Looking Pre-Recessionary
(Aug 1) How 2024 Became a Crypto Election
William R. Rhodes:
(Aug 7) Meeting Global Challenges Requires Financial Innovation
Jean-Claude Trichet:
(Aug 6) Correction in the US dollar-yen was overdue
Adair Turner:
(Aug 6) ‘I still think we have a chance of limiting global warming to well below 2C’
Daron Acemoglu:
(Aug 5) The AI Safety Debate Is All Wrong
Mervyn King:
(Aug 2) Failed Predictions, Printing Money and Cryptocurrency
July 2024
Lawrence H. Summers:
(Jul 31) Strengthening America’s Economic Dynamism
William C. Dudley:
(Jul 31) Dudley Expects Unanimous Vote to Cut in September
(Jul 25) William Dudley Talks Labor Market | Bloomberg Talks
(Jul 24) I Changed My Mind. The Fed Needs to Cut Rates Now.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala:
(Jul 30) WTO issues 2024 Annual Report (Opening message)
Raghuram G. Rajan:
(Jul 30) Democracy and Innovation Could Set India on a Different Development Path
(Jul 17) Unlocking India's Economic Potential
(Jul 11) Bracing for a More Inflationary World
Paul Krugman:
(Jul 30) Keep Sahm and Carry On
(Jul 16) Can We ‘Make America Affordable Again’? Should We?
(Jul 9) The Matrix of Consumer Discontent
(Jul 2) Who Pays Tariffs? And How Do We Know?
Timothy Geithner:
(Jul 30) Geithner Says the US Is Safe Haven in a Dangerous World
Roger W. Ferguson Jr.:
(Jul 29) The data are mounting up for the Fed to cut rates
Kevin Warsh:
(Jul 28) Interest Rates Are a Sideshow in the Fed Drama
Mohamed A. El-Erian:
(Jul 25) The Fed May Be Two Meetings Away From a Policy Mistake
(Jul 25) The Factors Behind US Investor Confidence
(Jul 23) Why I am now optimistic that economies can break out of a rut
(Jul 10) Labour May Have the Fix the UK Economy Needs
(Jul 7) What the Federal Reserve should put on the Jackson Hole agenda
Daron Acemoglu:
(Jul 24) Rot Economics - An Interview With MIT's Daron Acemoglu
(Jul 16) A skeptical look at AI investment
(Jul 9) The Starmer Model
Agustin Carstens:
(Jul 19) An integrated approach to a safer and more resilient banking system
John C. Williams:
(Jul 19) The Rewiring of the Global Economy-15th Annual Conference
(Jul 5) John C Williams: Managing the known unknowns
(Jul 3) R-Star: A Global Perspective
Klaas Knot:
(Jul 16) The AI adventure - how artificial intelligence may shape the economy and the financial system
(Jul 16) Acta, non verba - interlinking fast payment systems to enhance cross-border payments
(Jul 8) „Ich sehe keinen Anlass für eine Zinssenkung im Juli“
(Jul 1) Play defensively, but be ready to strike back: a gradual easing of monetary policy
Ernesto Zedillo:
(Jul 16) The Security Council must evolve to prove itself fit for purpose in the 21st century
Masaaki Shirakawa:
(Jul 10) BOJ needs to remove the straitjacket of its hard 2% inflation target
Jean-Claude Trichet:
(Jul 9) Reasonably confident France will find political solution, no current party can rule alone
(Jul 8) French Election Shows Country Divided, Trichet Says
(Jul 8) Macron asks French PM to stay on as deadlock continues
Kenneth Rogoff:
(Jul 8) Are Americans Ready for the US-China Trade War?
Jason Furman:
(Jul 5) Policies for the future of work should be based on its past and present
Joachim Nagel:
(Jul 5) Joachim Nagel: The digital euro and the protection of privacy