The Group of Thirty aims to deepen understanding of international economic and financial issues, and to explore the international repercussions of decisions taken in the public and private sectors. The Group is characterized by its knowledge of the past and broad-minded, forward thinking.

Kenneth Rogoff and Tharman Shanmugaratnam at the 2019 G30 Occasional Lecture.

Governor Ilan Goldfajn, Central Bank of Brazil; Governor Yi Gang, People's Bank of China; Jacob Frenkel, G30 Chairman of the Trustees; and Tharman Shanmugaratnam, G30 Chairman, Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, Bank of Japan; Governor François Villeroy de Galhau, Banque de France.

Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements; Jacob Frenkel, G30 Chairman of the Trustees; Tharman Shanmugaratnam, G30 Chairman; Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England; and John Taylor, Professor of Economics at Stanford University.

G30 members and invited guests at the 79th plenary meeting of the Group in Buenos Aires, hosted by the Central Bank of Argentina.

Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor of the People's Bank of China speaks at the 2017 International Banking Seminar along side Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the European Central Bank and Jacob Frenkel, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Group of Thirty.

(Left to right) Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Chairman of the Group of Thirty; Jacob Frenkel, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Group of Thirty; and Janet Yellen, Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Participants at the 2017 International Banking Seminar.

G30 members and invited guests at the 77th plenary meeting of the Group in London, hosted by the Bank of England.

Raghuram Rajan, Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, delivers remarks at the Group of Thirty's 2017 Occasional Lecture at the International Monetary Fund.

Jean-Claude Trichet, Former Chairman of the Group, Stanley Fischer, Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor of the Bank of Japan at the Group's 2016 International Banking Seminar in Washington.

G30 members and invited guests at the 75th plenary meeting of the Group in Singapore, hosted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

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Kenneth Rogoff: "Is This the Beginning of the End of Central Bank Independence?"

Recent Publications

Pull, Push, Pipes: Sustainable Capital Flows for a New World Order

2019 — In this Occasional Paper, Governor Mark Carney of the Bank of England argues that capital flow volatility is rising because of the fundamental asymmetry in the international monetary financial system and the rapid rise of market-based finance. Learn more »

Is This the Beginning of the End of Central Bank Independence?

2019 — This Occasional Paper is adapted from a speech delivered by Kenneth Rogoff at the 2019 G30 Occasional Lecture. The paper discusses the importance of central bank independence and recent trends which may undermine it. Learn more »

Member News

Former Fed Chairs: America Needs an Independent Fed

August 06, 2019 — Former Chairs of the Federal Reserve Paul Volcker, Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, and Janet Yellen co-author an op-ed to publicly emphasize the importance of an independent Federal Reserve. The former leaders and renowned economists outline the nature of the Fed’s responsibilities and accountability. They point to history in demonstrating the benefits of central bank independence in achieving long-term monetary policy goals and favorable economic performance.

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