Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
Brazil’s Pix gaining prominence in B2B transactions – report
Small businesses increasingly using platform for procurement, study from fintech company finds
Price change frequency upped inflation post-Covid – study
Size of individual changes had same effect on overall prices as during normal times, ECB paper finds
Models need rethink due to effect of global shocks – paper
Central banks can no longer assume shocks are ‘temporary, linear and symmetric’, authors say
China goes long gold, short Treasuries
Bullion-buying spree continues, but banks told to limit purchases of US government debt
Dollar will remain core to global finance – Saudi governor
US currency maintains strong liquidity and robust legal framework despite “hiccups”, says Sayari
China says tokenisation illegal under existing framework
PBoC and agencies update 2021 crypto guidelines to place restrictions on real world assets
Nexus picks operators to build and run ‘network of networks’
CEO expects global scalability following launch of multi-country fast payments linkage
RBI keeps policy steady
Policy committee takes positive view of inflation and growth outlook, despite some external headwinds
World will choose dollar stablecoins over CBDCs – Bessent
Treasury secretary expects private sector option to be “important source of funding” for US government
Cook links stubbornly high US goods prices to Trump’s tariffs
Fed governor, still fighting attempted dismissal, laments stalling of progress on tackling inflation
Czech National Bank holds rates
Sub-2% inflation does not warrant policy loosening, central bank says
Lenders use strict covenants to hedge against rate hikes – study
US banks exposed to policy volatility use breaches to cut lending in tightening cycles, authors say