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Dear Friends, Please find attached an op-ed in the WSJ that I wrote with John Lipsky, my co-chair of the Bretton Woods Committee’s Sovereign Debt Working Group.  It covers the urgent need for increased transparency by all parties including debtor and creditor nations...

Dear Friends: Attached is a soundbite of a podcast I did with Stuart Macintosh at the European American Chamber of Commerce, about the everchanging banking culture & conduct landscape on both sides of the Atlantic, and how financial institutions must adapt to...

Dear Friends, Following is a link to a podcast of an interview I had with Trish Regan on American Consequences.  I discussed the dangers of inflation, and the need to tackle it rapidly so it doesn’t turn into a more serious problem of stagflation or hyperinflation as...

Please find attached an op-ed written by me along with Stuart Mackintosh on what we believe to be China’s greatest economic challenge.  While most economists and China observers are concentrating on the country’s property sector problems brought on by the recent...

Most policymakers and experts around the world agree that some level of debt transparency is required for effective sovereign liability management. But there is far less agreement on what information should be disclosed, who should disclose, and whether disclosure...

World Bank President David Malpass joined BWC Vice Chair William R. Rhodes to discuss the Bank's outlook for global development and the Covid-19 recovery. https://www.brettonwoods.org/article/in-conversation-with-world-bank-president-david-malpass-0

William R. Rhodes was made Commander of the Legion of Honor, the highest rank of the order, by the Ambassador from France to the United States Philippe Etienne https://wrrga.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Legion-of-Honor.pdf

Dear Friends: Please find attached an op-ed that was published by Reuters on the current inflationary surge we are seeing in the U.S. and the many conversations Paul Volcker and I had on the subject of inflation. Regards, Bill Rhodes...

Dear Friends: Following is a link to a webinar I moderated with the new head of the Inter-American Development Bank, Mauricio Claver-Carone, on the effects of the COVID pandemic on the region’s economy and the possibility that if not properly managed, it could turn...

Dear Friends Attached is a Bloomberg article on the need to finalize the Eurozone Banking Union, which is long overdue.  I co-wrote this article with Stuart MacIntosh, Managing Director of the Group of 30.  Please let me know any thoughts or comments you...