Founded in 1991, the OECD Global Forum on Public Debt Management is a collaborative platform that brings together public debt managers, central bankers, and other financial policy makers from advanced and developing economies. The goal is to facilitate discussions on best practices, share experiences, and develop policies for effective government debt management and securities markets.
OECD Global Forum on Public Debt Management
The OECD Global Forum on Public Debt Management is a roundtable meeting for public debt managers from the OECD area (as well as regulators, central bankers, other financial policy makers and, on occasion, private sector participants) to meet with their counterparts from non-OECD countries.
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Focus areas include:
Undertake analytical work and comparative research to improve understanding of government securities markets, including liquidity conditions, investor base and investor behaviour.
Explore and improve knowledge on the complex relationship between debt management, fiscal policies, and monetary policies.
Monitor and assess the implications of climate change, sustainable finance and the digitalisation of finance for public debt management and government securities markets.
Persistently high borrowing needs and global uncertainty are reshaping sovereign debt management, with elevated refinancing pressures and higher yields driving record issuance. The investor base is also changing as central banks scale back their purchases and reliance grows on private sector buyers, both domestic and foreign. Against this backdrop, effective debt management remains a core policy priority, and the Global Forum on Public Debt Management supports this by sharing leading practices to strengthen market frameworks.
Grahame Johnson
Advisor to the Governor
Bank of Canada
Contact us: PublicDebt@oecd.org
Related policy issues
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Prudent public debt management is critical for well-functioning national financial systems and helps to reinforce sound fiscal and monetary policies. However, public debt portfolios, both because of their size and composition, can generate substantial risk to countries’ balance sheets and overall financial stability. The OECD promotes good practices in public debt and risk management and provides recommendations to assist policy makers in their efforts to adopt and implement prudent debt management policies.Learn more
