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.
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2019 International Banking Seminar
On October 20, 2019, the Group of Thirty hosted its 34th annual International Banking Seminar at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC. The seminar consisted of three panels: Priorities for Emerging Nations in a New Global Environment, The Advanced Countries: Economic Challenges of the Medium Term, and Cryptocurrencies and the Future.
Recent Publications
Fixing the Pensions Crisis: Ensuring Lifetime Financial Security
2019 — This report examines the sustainability the global pensions system and identifies unavoidable policy choices for countries to make in order to fix a massive gap in lifetime financial security. Learn more »
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 »
Member News
Two Risks to Stability Are Building Amid Short-Term Calm
November 22, 2019 — William C. Dudley, Senior Research Scholar at Princeton University and former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, sees two long-term risks to financial stability despite no serious immediate threats in the short-term. The first is that low Treasury bond yields are not sustainable, because the valuation of other markets depend on bond yields. The second risk is the buildup of corporate debt, especially in high-yield areas, which could make a downturn worse.