Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
Swedish government proposes $2.37bn injection for Riksbank
Government proposal falls short of central bank’s request
BoJ to reduce its government bond purchases
Central bank will announce bond-buying details at next meeting and keeps rates unchanged
US politicians urge Fed to lower interest rates
Democratic senators and congress members say CPI likely to be “grossly overstating” inflation
African states should end fixed exchange rates, IMF official says
More credibility on monetary policy is best cure for “fear of floating”, Selassie argues
Bank of Thailand holds rate again
Policy-makers agree to hold rate despite government pressure to cut
Pakistan cuts interest rates for first time in five years
Central bank says growth of exports and remittances bolsters foreign exchange reserves
Riksbank updates benchmark rate calculation method
Swestr to become more robust, especially around year-end
ECB appoints three senior officials to supervisory board
Irish, French and Portuguese trio to replace current members by the end of the year
BIS to test automatic FX settlement in wholesale CBDC
Project will explore how interlinked payments systems can improve cross-border payments
Bank of Israel governor warns of war’s impact on GDP
Yaron reiterates calls for committee on determining defence budget
CBDC would have little effect on real economy – BoK paper
Researcher says CBDCs would have marginal but positive effects on output
RBI holds rates as food inflation lingers
Normal monsoon could bring prices down, Indian central bank says
Housing price disparities complicate US monetary policy – research
Time-varying inertia in prices makes housing bubbles more unpredictable, Dallas Fed paper says
Economics is becoming exclusive, RBA official warns
Drop in diversity among Australian economists will hurt discipline, Jacqui Dwyer says
Turkish court challenges president over governor dismissals
Presidential adviser says Erdoğan will still be able to sack governors
Oman central bank joins Afaq payments system
System is operated by company owned by Gulf region’s central banks
IMF’s Gopinath calls for international trade co-operation
US-China tensions have redirected trade flows, deputy director says
Most Germans would use digital euro – Bundesbank
Privacy, sturdiness and offline functionality among top concerns, survey finds
BdF paper looks at what new global currency would need
Unified debt market would go “some way” to internationalising the euro
Turkish inflation reaches 75% in May
Finance minister says ‘worst is over’ but one estimate says official figures are too low
Qatar to test large payments using CBDC
Central bank says it will test AI and distributed ledger technology
Swift tests AI-driven fraud detection
Pilot projects aim to detect fraudulent activity and improve information sharing
Maltese governor pleads not guilty to fraud
Prosecutors allege Scicluna failed to challenge suspect hospital deal while finance minister
Global natural rates could be rising, SNB governor says
Jordan says Swiss central bank’s approach allows it to deal with uncertainty over r*