Financial crisis
Former Richmond Fed chief to oppose discount window reform
Counting unused capacity towards prudential requirements would be ‘unwise’, Lacker will argue
Goodhart and Pradhan on the end of monetary independence
The unanchored central banker authors speak about how ageing populations, soaring healthcare costs and rising fiscal deficits will force central bankers to compromise on inflation targets and bail out indebted governments
Democracy crucial to central banks’ independence, Wunsch says
National Bank of Belgium governor says invective is crowding out rational discourse
Treasury buyback risks a (collateral) chain reaction
Rebalancing of bond tenors could stretch collateral links to breaking point, argues economist
Resolution planning needs to be broader and more intense – report
Strengthening capital alone will not prevent bank failures, Bretton Woods Committee finds
Shoring up the rupee: a sticking-plaster solution?
Trying to fight movement of India’s currency against fundamentals is futile, says former RBI governor
Warsh declines to outline Fed’s reaction function
Chair tells Jackson Hole that ‘humble, never naïve’ approach will work and assesses US economy
External shocks tighten credit conditions – ECB bulletin
New index finds funding becomes scarce after unexpected changes in economic activity
LLMs can analyse news articles to spot stability risks – ECB study
Authors use AI to find trigger events in dataset of over 1 million stories
Implications of the 2026 Middle East war
Gavin Bingham, Paul Fisher and Andrew Large detail the monetary policy, financial stability and international co-operation challenges for central banks
Everything you always wanted to know about money (but were afraid to ask)
Rupal Patel and Jack Leslie, authors of ‘Money: the inside story’, speak about how central banks can improve their comms – and credibility – by tackling popular misconceptions about how finance works
BoE’s scenarios are best way forward, say ex-MPC members
Former UK policy-makers say forecasting approach is suited to today’s highly uncertain times
Have regulators gone soft on enforcement? (And should we care?)
US agencies are scaling back punishments for technical rule breaches, raising concerns that small but crucial risks may be ignored
Race for investment could turn AI boom into bust – BIS study
Paper warns of fragility through overcommitment and circular financing
Fed will ‘follow the law’ and ‘the data’ – Warsh
Chair tells Congress his aim is to keep US central bank out of politics
Bowman shuns CECL. Friends say it just needs a little help
How far should FASB go in reforming credit-loss accounting rules?
Some G-Sibs’ capital exceeds Basel III provisions – BIS study
Certain jurisdictions demand higher-quality capital than is required under post-GFC rules
Banque de France’s Denis Beau on supervisory reform
The Banque de France’s deputy governor speaks about suppression of the systemic risk buffer, proposals for a TLAC floor, and simplifying bank regulation and resolution
BoE paper builds ‘house price-at-risk’ framework
Quantile regression method can shed light on tail risks at regional level, author says
Asean’s expanding and evolving swap lines
The Asian trade bloc – with and without China, Japan and South Korea – wants to strengthen emergency liquidity support
More data does not mean better outcomes – EBA policy expert
EU’s previous credit risk approach created ‘crazy backlog of model validations’, official says