Moldovan central bank launches digital auto insurance certificate
National Bank of Moldova moves away from paper to encourage take-up and increase security levels
FDIC’s McKernan wants single capital stack in Basel III endgame
Rebuffing Barr’s offer of a partial rollback, Republican director also targets op risk framework
Lessons learned on macro-pru policies
Tools are proving their worth although use cases vary by country; role in over-arching frameworks remain a challenge
Estonia’s head of cash on sunsetting low-value coins
Bank of Estonia’s Rait Roosve speaks about the country’s decision to stop minting one- and two-euro cent coins
Editor's choice
Reserve Benchmarks 2024 report – the challenge of diversification
Central banks’ insights into portfolio make-up shine light on new and old trends
Navigating uncertainty: the impact of the 2024 US elections on emerging markets
Franklin Templeton analyses possible outcomes of the US elections, the effect on trade, foreign and domestic policies, market impact and implications for emerging market (EM) economies
The Fed can afford to loosen policy
As (nearly) the world’s most hawkish central bank, the Federal Reserve is right to start monetary loosening, writes Steve Kamin
How (not) to review your monetary policy framework
The Fed made some mistakes in its last strategy review. As it prepares to have another go, it could learn from other central banks
Benchmarking
Handful of central banks expanded swap lines in past year
Vast majority of swap lines offer US dollar liquidity
All eyes on the Fed
The US central bank faces a challenging path to fulfil its mandated goals
Awards
Central Banking Awards 2024 ceremony honours best in field
Shirakawa receives lifetime award and Brazil is named central bank of the year
Central bank of the year: Central Bank of Brazil
The Latam central bank has pursued its mandate in an exemplary fashion, despite external pressures
Lifetime achievement: Masaaki Shirakawa
The veteran BoJ central banker called out the limits of monetary policy
Governor of the year: Andriy Pyshnyy
Pyshnyy kept Ukraine’s wartime economy stable and won vital foreign support under huge pressure
Video and Podcasts
Masaaki Shirakawa on his ‘unease’ about 2% inflation targets and lessons from Japan
Former BoJ head speaks about the need to understand banking, make contingency plans and current policy constraints
Podcast: cash in the payments landscape
Podcast: the ‘global unsyncing’
Podcast: the ECB’s collateral framework expansion
Book reviews
Book notes: Money in the 21st century: cheap, mobile, and digital, by Richard Holden
Book notes: The monetarists: the making of the Chicago monetary tradition, 1927-1960, by George S Tavlas
Book notes: Easy money, cryptocurrency, casino capitalism, and the golden age of fraud, Ben McKenzie with Jacob Silverman
Book notes: How a ledger became a central bank: a monetary history of the Bank of Amsterdam, by Stephen Quinn and William Roberds
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