Speaker

Sandeep Saxena (Senior Economists, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF)
Thordur Jonasson (Deputy Division Chief, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF)
Arindam Roy (Senior Financial Sector Expert, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF)

Target Audience

Government officials involved in cash and debt management.

Webinar Description

The financial and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have posed several challenges for government cash and debt managers around the world. Sharp fall in revenues and rise in emergency spending has driven up governments’ financing requirements despite constrained access to financial markets and higher borrowing costs. This webinar will discuss options for governments for ensuring the availability of adequate cash to meet its payment obligations in a timely manner. It will also consider strategic choices for debt managers to navigate volatile and dislocated markets. Institutional and organizational arrangements to ensure communication and coordination between cash and debt management, and between cash & debt management and monetary, fiscal and financial sector regulatory authorities, will also be reflected upon.

Registration

To register for this Webinar, please complete the online form here by August 25, 2020, (12 noon, Singapore Time).