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, and | 28 August 2026 Monetary, Policy Briefs | Tags: Central Banks, Climate Risks, Financial Regulation, Financial Supervision, Japan This policy brief summarises the discussions held during a roundtable on “Governing Finance for Sustainable Prosperity in Japan” convened by the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO), the Council on Economic Policies (CEP) and the South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Research and Training Centre, in March 2026.

, and | 28 August 2026 Monetary, Policy Briefs | Tags: ASEAN+3, Central Banks, Climate Risks, Financial Regulation, Financial Supervision This policy brief summarises the discussions held during a roundtable on “Governing Finance for Sustainable Prosperity in ASEAN” convened by the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO), the Council on Economic Policies (CEP) and the South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Research and Training Centre, in March 2026.

Building on the momentum and vast interest generated by the Regional Workshops on Tax Expenditures, ATI, CEP and IDOS have initiated a Community of Practice (CoP) on Tax Expenditures (TEs). The objective of the Community of Practice is to provide all attendees from ATI partner countries and other interested parties with a platform to continue discussions regarding TE estimation, evaluation, reporting, and reform.

| 25 August 2026 Monetary, Commentary | Tags: Central Banks, Governing Finance, Japan, Systemic Risks This op-ed was first published in the Weekly Financial and Fiscal Affairs (Kinzai) on 18 August 2026, in Japanese. The Bank of Japan’s fifth “Market Functioning Survey concerning Climate Change”, released on June 5, found that respondents’ assessment of how well climate-related risks and opportunities are reflected in equity and corporate-bond prices had deteriorated from the previous survey.

| 20 August 2026 Monetary, Blog | Tags: China, Economic Growth, Europe, Macroprudential Policy Renewed tensions around the Strait of Hormuz have put energy shocks back at the center of macroeconomic policymaking. Yet the same shock is arriving in markedly different macroeconomic environments and triggered different policy reactions. China and Europe are cases in point. On June 11, the European Central Bank raised its policy rates by 25 basis points, the first hike since September 2023.

Upcoming: 22 September 2026 | Brussels | By Invitation Monetary, Roundtables | Tags: Climate Change, Europe, Financial Stability, Insurance, Systemic Risks Europe is the fastest-warming continent and faces mounting economic costs from climate-related disasters. Insurance is central to managing and mitigating these costs. Yet Europe’s protection gap is significant and persistent, as insurers are increasing premiums or tightening coverage in response to rising exposures.

and | 28 July 2026 Fiscal, Blog | Tags: Employment, Entrepreneurship, Poland, Tax Reform This content is password-protected. To view it, please enter the password below. Password: Related Posts , , and | 4 December 2025 Fiscal, Discussion Notes | Tags: GTED, GTETI, Tax Expenditures The present report discusses the determinants and explores the empirical evidence of TE effectiveness. More and more jurisdictions publish TE reports, as shown by the Global Tax Expenditures Database (GTED)....

, and | 30 June 2026 Fiscal, Blog | Tags: Africa, Tax Expenditures 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.

and | 23 June 2026 Fiscal, Discussion Notes | Tags: GTED, GTETI, Switzerland, Tax Expenditures 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.

Upcoming: 23 June | 15.30-19.00 CEST | Bern, Switzerland Fiscal, Panel | Tags: Switzerland, Tax Expenditures CEP is hosting the launch of the Tax Expenditures Country Report for Switzerland, co-authored by Peter Hongler (University of St. Gallen) and Agustin Redonda (CEP) on 23 June 2026.