Barry Topf

Barry Topf is chief economist at Saga Monetary Technologies. He had a 33-year career at the Bank of Israel, where he served as one of the founding members of the monetary policy committee and as senior advisor to the governor, Stanley Fischer. He also held positions of head of market operations, head of the foreign currency department, and chief investment officer. In his capacity as an IMF consultant, Topf has advised over 25 countries on economic policy.

Articles by Barry Topf

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Negative rates demonstrate shortcomings of currency

Many central banks have rates in negative territory. The distortionary effects of these policies raise broader questions on the design of money itself, writes Barry Topf

20 Dec 2019

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