Interview/Monetary Policy
Richard Byles on Jamaica’s inflation-targeting baptism of fire
The Bank of Jamaica governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about forex interventions, setting up digital disruptor banks and the next steps for Jam-dex
Joachim Nagel on the ECB’s terminal rate, fiscal policy, model relevance and the digital euro
The Deutsche Bundesbank president speaks about compromise on the Governing Council, rolling back PEPP, the need to implement Basel III and the chances of a revised Stability and Growth Pact
Stefan Ingves on central bank failings on inflation and financial stability
Riksbank veteran speaks about liquidity, interest rate and non-bank regulatory reforms, and the need for explicit legal definitions for digital money
Guillermo Avellán on BCE independence, capacity-building and dollarisation
Ecuador’s general manager speaks about bolstering legal autonomy, dollarisation, payments and gold production
Senad Softić on governance, currency boards and EU convergence challenges
Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina governor speaks about governance, managing a currency board and modernising payments
Ukraine’s governor on central banking in wartime
Andriy Pyshnyy talks about macroeconomic stability, running banks under missile attack, winning IMF aid and post-war reconstruction plans
RBI’s Shaktikanta Das on financial sector reform, sticking to inflation targets and the e-rupee
The Reserve Bank of India governor speaks about developing credible self-insurance, bank regulatory reforms, and daily UPI payments hitting 300 million transactions
BoT’s Sethaput on inflation dynamics, central bank mandates and multi-lateral payments
Thai governor speaks about higher inflation, sustainable finance challenges, CBDC experiments and payments governance
Stefan Ingves on leadership, prudential oversight and transparency
Riksbank veteran talks about Basel III, policy lessons and CBDCs
Fed policy roundtable II: recession risk and sticky inflation
Academics look at forward guidance, asset purchases, and the “magic” in forecasting models
Fed policy roundtable: inflation targeting, asset purchases and uncertainty
Academics look at forward guidance, asset purchases, and the “magic” in forecasting models
Armenia’s Galstyan calls for a new framework to tackle uncertainty and nonlinearities
Favours risk-management approach to policy and less emphasis on baseline forecasts that give false assurances
Chile’s Costa on tackling inflation, forex interventions and nowcasting
Chilean governor discusses stubbornly high prices, Fed spillovers, reserve buffers, retail CBDC and unconscious bias
Christopher Sims on modelling the inflation surge
Unprecedented shocks creates major challenges for forecasters, the Nobel prize-winning economist says
Morocco’s Jouahri on inflation, forex reform, digitalisation and sustainability
BAM governor speaks about Covid-19, Fed tightening, BIS membership, regional co-operation and inclusion
Joseph Stiglitz on the challenge of fixing macroeconomics
Nobel Prize-winner discusses if central banks went wrong in 2021 and what to do about inflation
Gontareva on Ukraine’s funding, NBU policy and reconstruction
Ex-NBU governor talks about fund shortfalls, finstab challenges, the CBR and post-conflict rebuilding
Diego Labat on policy normalisation, capital flows and tech challenges
Uruguay governor speaks about financialisation, flexible rates vs controls, payment upgrades and CBDCs
Pierre Wunsch on inflation, forward guidance and policy tightening
Belgium’s governor speaks about models, reversing unconventional policies and other challenges
Masaaki Shirakawa on lessons from crisis and how to reform central banks
Former governor reflects on a turbulent 40 years at the Bank of Japan