Digital finance on the agenda
Members of the International Monetary and Financial Committee welcomed the Bangkok Blueprint in a statement issued after their October 17 meeting in Bangkok. The statement supports stronger digital-finance safeguards, cyber resilience and international efforts to combat digital fraud [1].
The committee also called for policies that capture productivity gains from advanced intelligence technologies while addressing their risks. The statement sets out policy priorities; it does not itself establish new requirements for banks or technology companies [1].
Debt and inflation pressures
Members said global growth had held up better than expected, but financial buffers had weakened. They highlighted higher government-bond yields, public debt, refinancing needs and disruptions to trade and energy supplies [1].
The committee urged governments to rebuild fiscal buffers while protecting vulnerable people and priority investments. It also reaffirmed the importance of central-bank independence and called for greater debt transparency, including from private creditors [1].