Minutes Item 1 – Welcome and Apologies James Kaye (Chair, HSBC) welcomed new Committee members: Ellie McCormack (FCA) replacing Oliver McCausland, and Hendrik van der Merwe (Northern Trust) replacing Nikki Woodley. Adam Jukes (Deutsche Bank) was welcomed as an observer. Apologies were noted from Claire Forster-Lee (Morgan Stanley), Fiona O’Riordan (Citi) and Jermain Nooks (Investment…
Manitoba government should help make province more attractive to mining investment beng Mon, 07/06/2026 – 08:12 EST. READ TIME 3 MIN. With significant deposits of lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt, copper, cesium and zinc, Manitoba has the potential to be a mineral powerhouse. Yet despite surging global demand for these resources, Manitoba’s policy environment makes it…
This report is part of a series of country reports on national tax expenditure regimes, published by the Council on Economic Policies (CEP) and the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), covering topics such as transparency, the fiscal cost of tax expenditures, benchmarking, evaluations and the political economy of tax expenditure reforms. DOWNLOAD in…
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks next to a Vera Rubin Ultra Kyber Compute Tray and a Vera Rubin Ultra Kyber NVLink MidPlane during a keynote address at the Nvidia GTC conference in San Jose, California, US, on Monday, March 16, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia‘s next marquee product…
We rely on experts for a lot of our information. By “expert,” I mean someone who is paid for their opinion. Roger Koppl uses this definition in his 2018 book Expert Failure, and I use the same definition in my research, which is based on his book. This definition is useful because it allows us…
Sam Enright works on innovation policy at Progress Ireland, an independent policy think tank in Dublin, and runs a publication called The Fitzwilliam. Most relevant to us, on his personal blog, he writes a popular link roundup; what follows is an abridged version of his Links for May. Blogs and short links 1. Yudhister Kumar…
Minutes Item 1: Welcome and Apologies Andrea Rosen (Chair, Bank of England) welcomed James Ellery (Goldman Sachs) and Oliver McCausland (FCA) to the Committee.Ms Rosen also welcomed Alina Ishmuratova (JPMorgan), Paul Robson (NatWest Markets) and Vasileios Gkionakis (Aviva Investors) as guest presenters; and Mark Wyatt (Barclays) as an observer.Ms Rosen announced that Alan Barnes (FCA),…
For many kids, summer means camp. For many of their parents, that means financial juggling to pay for those camp experiences.
The views expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management. Introduction Budgets are the central policy instrument for articulating government priorities, allocating scarce resources, and determining the fiscal stance. They set out governments’ expectations for revenues, borrowing, and spending based…
Time: 2pm – 3.30pm | Location: Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8AH Minutes Minute 1: Welcome and apologies The Chair (Sharon Blackman) opened the meeting, welcoming those online and in person. Minute 2: Minutes of 24 November Legal Sub-Committee The minutes of the meeting of 24 November 2025 were approved. Minute 3: Look…