Episode 87 – Unexpected Optimism? - Live from the 2024 IIF Annual Membership Meeting

In this episode of Current Account, Clay gives a live report from the 2024 IIF Annual Membership Meeting, with the help from a handful of IIF Staff members. Clay first reviews major themes, takeaways and discussions, including remarks from U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, before handing it off to his colleagues: Melanie Idler, an Associate Policy Advisor for Regulatory Affairs, covers the Regulation-steered portions of the meetings, Raymond Aycock, Senior Research Analyst for the Global Policy Initiatives Department goes over the conversations focused on Transition Finance, sessions on Economics and Emerging Markets were summarized by IIF Economist Ivan Burgara and Hannah Anderson, a Policy Advisor for the Digital Finance Department, gave a report on the discussions centered on Digital Finance. This IIF Podcast was hosted by Clay Lowery, Executive Vice President, Research and Policy, with production and research contributions from Christian Klein, Digital Graphics and Production Associate and Miranda Silverman, Senior Program Assistant.