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Rates round-up: Mexico and Colombia slow tightening
Guatemala also tightens with 25bp hike; Chile and Dominican Republic continue pauses
Central banks need non-bank liquidity ‘toolbox’, says IMF
Fund says central banks should act as lender of last resort to systemically important non-banks
São Tomé gets loan for RTGS upgrade
Island country lacks automated system
BoE’s Tenreyro urges reframing of QE
Perception that the central bank is “printing money” has been hard to shake
State Bank of Vietnam cuts interest rate
Central bank says Vietnam’s economic growth has faced difficulties
RBA pauses rate hikes as inflation slows
Central bank board has not ruled out further tightening
Fed’s Cook says monetary policy is now restrictive
PCE and core PCE inflation both fall as Cook argues tight banking conditions could ease path
Tech could shake up international monetary system – IMF paper
Inertia likely to maintain status quo in near term, but impact of technology “highly uncertain”
UAE revokes licence for Russia’s MTS Bank
Gulf state was put on the FATF grey list last year
Long-term unemployment can affect inflation – BoE paper
Non-linear Phillips curve helps explain finding that breaks with previous literature
IMF approves $15.6 billion for Ukraine
Fund calls wartime loan “unprecedented” and risky
BoE paper explores ‘anatomy’ of gilts crisis
Detailed account of crisis reveals contagion, concentrated risk and role of wider market players
US regulators fine Wells Fargo for aiding sanctions-busting
Fed and Treasury say bank failed to halt client channelling funds to Iran, Syria and Sudan
Eurozone headline inflation drops sharply
But core figure remains high as service price rises persist
PBoC has lent banks $44 billion for ‘green projects’
Facility helps Chinese and foreign lenders to fund carbon emissions reduction, says governor
Singapore and Malaysia set up cross-border payments link
Travellers can use QR codes to pay for transactions in foreign stores
Rates round-up: Kenya raises rates to highest since 2018
Sarb adds 50bp more as economy struggles; Zimbabwe cuts 1,000bp; Mozambique holds
BIS paper warns of worsening fiscal and monetary trade-offs
Many governments have sought to shield consumers from price rises, at a high budgetary cost
BoE proposes minimum resilience for LDI funds
Funds at centre of UK’s bond market 2022 crisis must withstand bigger “yield shock”, BoE says
Australia to publish central bank review in April
Independent review likely to propose changes to RBA’s board
Credit Suisse collapse triggered eurozone contagion – ECB’s Enria
Enria says some kinds of contagion were more dangerous than others as Swiss G-Sib collapsed
Lagarde slightly injured in car accident
ECB president was departing Euro Summit
UK banks insulated from wider troubles, BoE says
Financial policy committee “closely monitoring” events but says capital and liquidity are sufficient
Rates round-up: Ghana and Thailand tighten
Many central banks in Africa, Asia and Europe still raising rates, but Angola continues cuts