September 19, 2025/IMFBlog (Credit: studio-fi/iStock by Getty Images) By Romain Veyrune September 19, 2025/IMFBlog Central banks pride themselves on being data-driven and consensus-based. Surprisingly, though, there is little consensus among policymakers on a crucial issue: how much capital should these institutions hold? Unlike commercial banks, central banks don’t have universally […]
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The Autobahn and Private Markets Remarks at Better Markets Academic Advisory Board Annual Conference
September 19, 2025/US SEC Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw Good morning. Thank you [Gina-Gail] for the kind introduction and thank you to Better Markets for the invitation to speak with all of you today. Before I begin, let me make my standard disclaimer – the views I express today are my […]
Afreximbank’s Africa Research and Innovation Hub Seeks to Unlock US$70 Billion Annual Economic Gains for Africa
The hub is structured to address the low investment in research and development (R&D) in Africa and the continent’s underperformance in research output September 17, 2025/Afreximbank The African Research and Innovation Hub (ARIH) that was recently launched by African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is seeking to unlock up to US$70 billion […]
