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BoE to act as lender of last resort to UK energy firms
Move aims to counter high collateral demand, given energy market volatility
Fiji will eliminate cheques from 2024
Governor says improved RTGS will replace paper payments
RBA’s Lowe admits inflation models need rethink
Governor acknowledges forecasting mistakes but rejects calls to resign
Malaysian MPC raises interest rate for third successive meeting
BNM says Malaysian economic growth will continue despite growing currency volatility
Eurozone repo markets are slowing policy transmission, ECB paper says
Dealer banks use market power to get better prices from other institutions
People: new deputy governors in China, Sweden and Argentina
Bank CEO joins PBoC, while former regulator goes to Riksbank
Exchange rate key to policy decisions – Sarb’s Cassim
“What counts as tight” is changing worldwide, forcing central banks to keep up, deputy says
BoE’s Mann presents ‘nuanced’ version of Phillips curve
Drift in medium-term inflation expectations requires more forceful action, policy-maker says
Bolivian legislators ask to inspect gold reserves
Opposition politicians claim government wants to monetise and spend gold
Reverse bond auctions are useful crisis tool, ECB paper finds
DNB’s use of reverse auctions increases liquidity and stability of bill market, researchers say
RBA raises interest rate to seven-year high
Governor Philip Lowe acknowledges impact of rate hikes on people’s spending
Banknotes: July to September 2022
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
Curaçao and Sint Maarten raises rates 150bp
Islands track Fed policy as inflation puts pressure on growth, trade balance and reserves
Bank of Russia says lenders have lost $24 billion
Central bank issues pessimistic forecast on oil earnings but says lenders are coping with sanctions
Guatemala and Dominican Republic raise rates
DR says inflation is “moderating” and economy is strong; Guatemala notes second-round effects
IMF signs off on $1.3bn package for Zambia
Executive board urges Bank of Zambia to rebuild reserves and tackle bad debts
Lars Rohde to retire from National Bank of Denmark
Governor will step down after 10 years in the role
Nigerian currency pressure mounting as central bank releases airline funds
Customers are facing limits on what they can withdraw from some banks, say reports
Big tech firms may suffer from ‘too much information’ – BIS paper
Firms that pry too much into customers’ affairs may find themselves with no business, authors say
ECB appoints expert advisers on supervisory process
Members include former Japanese FSA head Himino and Bank of Canada deputy Rogers
IMF says Sri Lanka must reform central bank law for $2.9bn bailout
Government must end monetary financing and give central bank autonomy, fund says
Privacy commissioner closes probe into RBNZ cyber defences
Central bank has “made every change recommended and more” in wake of hacker breach
RBA to focus on inflation targeting for 2022–23
Australian central bank changes priority as inflation reaches highest level since 1990s
Swift aims to cut cross-border frictions with predictive tool
Use of anonymised data can help spot errors in cross-border payments, Swift says