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Bank Indonesia delivers another 50bp rate rise
Governor Perry Warjiyo describes the rate hike as a pre-emptive move
Nominal interest rates strongly affect savings – ECB paper
Simple models based on real rates do not accord with eurozone data, researchers find
Banks in Kyrgyzstan suspend Mir
Operations limited in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkey and Vietnam on threat of US sanctions
Bank of England to go ahead with QT
Central bank delays start of bond sales by one day to avoid fiscal announcement
Eurozone sovereign downgrades increased corporate risk – ECB paper
Ratings changes for “core” eurozone countries had largest effects on corporate bonds
Independence white paper outlines possible Scottish central bank
Proposals map out “the process of establishing a Scottish pound”
IMF recommends using reserves ‘prudently’ to offset dollar strength
Floating currencies, IMF precautionary lines and reactivation of Fed swap lines among possible measures
Report of delay to QT ‘inaccurate’, BoE says
Article says central bank is “expected to bow to investor pressure” for delay to asset sales
China’s CBDC spending surpasses 100 billion yuan
PBoC vows to promote e-yuan use beyond retail payments
People: Kuwait appoints first woman deputy governor
New deputies in Sri Lanka, Ireland and Zimbabwe; Turkish MPC member dies; and more
BoE ends bond purchases as government rolls back tax cuts
Gilt market rebounds as government axes most of its controversial ‘mini-budget’
Hungary makes emergency intervention to defend forint
Action comes after the central bank said it would cease rate rises
Hsu says US needs proper regulation of bank-fintech alliances
Policy-makers focus too much on crypto, says comptroller
BoK governor highlights difficulty in forward guidance
Rhee Chang-yong says he may reassess forward guidance amid exchange rate pressure
State Bank of Vietnam expands exchange rate trading band
Move effectively allows the dong to fall further against a strong US dollar
PBoC rolls over 500bn yuan policy loans to maintain liquidity
Central bank keeps the rate on the medium-term loans unchanged at 2.75%
Some CCPs struggle in BoE stress test
First central counterparty stress test finds firms come close to depleting their buffers in baseline scenario
RBA payments systems suffer outage
Problem took too long to resolve, and platform is too fragile, payments executive claims
Menon urges policy-makers to take a longer term view
Climate change is “the mother of all supply-side shocks”, MAS chief says
Central African ministers intervene in central bank recruitment
BEAC’s political supervisors demand external audit after charges of nepotism
Singapore’s central bank tightens policy for fourth time this year
MAS decision comes after Singapore’s economy rebounded in the third quarter
US CPI inflation remains high
Headline reading falls slightly, while core inflation continues to rise
Chilean board makes 11th hike, but says cycle may be over
Central bank leaders say “rate has reached its maximum level of the cycle”
IMF opens long-term lending initiative
Resilience and Sustainability Trust will offer 20-year packages to mitigate long-term problems