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Securing sound deposit protection in East Africa
There is a need to revisit legal frameworks to adopt risk-adjusted premium regimes and establish more comprehensive deposit insurance systems in the East African Community, write Gilbert Nyatanyi and Gloria Tengera
Bank Indonesia holds rates as rupiah weakens
Bank says inflationary policies under Trump would boost dollar and lead to fewer Fed rate cuts
Nature loss is key metric for supervisors – ECB board member
Elderson says central banks need to develop better ways to measure its impact on financial stability
Benchmarking
Decentralised crypto exchanges dominated by big players – paper
Research argues that simply removing intermediaries is not enough to democratise finance
Two-thirds of central banks forecast policy rate in main models
But relatively few make their rate forecasts public
Hungary holds rates again
MNB remains hopeful about 2025 as economy slides into recession
The past and future of BIS economics
Claudio Borio looks back over 37 years at the BIS and Hyun Song Shin looks to the future
Central banks to maintain independence despite threats – panel
Top central bankers discuss Trump, AI and why they plan to ignore IMF on rate cuts
Economists’ median salary falls below $30,000 a year
Annual budget of economics departments averages under $1 million
The past and future of BIS economics
Claudio Borio looks back over 37 years at the BIS and Hyun Song Shin looks to the future
Central Banking Autumn Meetings 2024
Central banks to maintain independence despite threats – panel
Top central bankers discuss Trump, AI and why they plan to ignore IMF on rate cuts
Reserve management not just about stability – CBBH governor
Head of Bosnian central bank says fresh approach is required to achieve “stability and returns”
‘I wish we were long bitcoin’ – central bankers on Trump 2.0
Reserve managers at Central Banking Autumn Meetings warn of higher signal-to-noise ratio
Tombini warns of false sense of stability in markets
BIS official says participants need to price in significant uncertainty over economic policy
Editor's choice
Fake it ’til you break it: the battle against disinformation
Transparency, beefed-up comms and AI are all being enlisted in central banks’ fight against falsehood
Regtech and suptech in central banks: 2024 survey
These technologies enable the identification and swift resolution of emerging issues, as well as preventative action, this survey indicates
Currency Benchmarks 2024 report – securing cash payments
As transactional cash use falls, many central banks are adopting policies to safeguard cash access
The frontiers of AI in central bank communications
Comms experts assess technology's value in video production, message generation and more
Benchmarking
Two-thirds of central banks forecast policy rate in main models
But relatively few make their rate forecasts public
Inter-bank working groups
Facilitating connections between central bankers across the globe to promote the exchange of expertise and support collaboration.
Upcoming meetings include: Cyber risk management, social media in communications and upgrading forecast models.
All eyes on the Fed
The US central bank faces a challenging path to fulfil its mandated goals
Awards
The winners of the 2024 FinTech & RegTech Global Awards
Seventh annual tech awards recognise excellence among central banks and the private sector
Global Impact Award: Swiss National Bank
The SNB is recognised for its pioneering live wholesale CBDC and monetary policy operations on distributed ledger technology
Pioneer Award: Bank of Namibia
Bank of Namibia’s Automation Centre of Excellence has elevated its use of suptech, enhanced monetary policy decision-making and automated government payments
Central Banking Awards 2024 ceremony honours best in field
Shirakawa receives lifetime award and Brazil is named central bank of the year
Book reviews
Book notes: The bankers’ new clothes, second edition, by Anat Admati and Martin Hellwig
Book notes: The road to freedom: economics and the good society, Joseph E Stiglitz
Book notes: Carbon colonialism: how rich countries export climate breakdown, by Laurie Parsons
Book notes: Money in the 21st century: cheap, mobile, and digital, by Richard Holden
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Regtech and suptech in central banks: 2024 survey
Survey results: global trends in regtech and suptech for central banks
Global Technology Partner: ACI Worldwide
Geoeconomic reserve management
Suptech adoption: strategy and capacity building drives supervisory transformation
The long and short of it: from ‘new normal’ to ‘old ordinary’
Monetary policy and reserve management in an era of uncertainty
Navigating uncertainty: the impact of the 2024 US elections on emerging markets
Fixed income in a new era
