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G20 promises greater funding for World Bank
US-led effort could unlock $200 billion of funding capacity, if countries follow through on pledges
Eurozone industrial activity likely to decline, analysts say
French and Spanish increase is unlikely to offset German contractions, observers argue
Timor-Leste to appoint new governor – report
Helder Lopes said to be in line to become second leader of central bank
US Senate confirms Kugler to Fed board
Colombian-American economist becomes first Latinx governor
RBI’s CBDC pilot has 1.5 million users, says Das
Governor says project is aiming to reach one million daily transactions by December
Philippine central bank shifts to variable rate repo auction
BSP says move will improve policy transmission but does not change its policy stance
US Senate confirms Jefferson and Cook for Fed posts
Upper house agrees to vote soon on Biden’s third nominee, Adriana Kugler
Freeland welcomes Bank of Canada rate pause
Finance minister qualifies statement as other politicians attack monetary policy
Non-banks taking on significant ‘hidden leverage’, FSB warns
Off-balance-sheet positions have grown, but data on many parts of the system is poor
Colombian government and private sector issue joint call for cuts
Finance minister talks of “economic deceleration”, but inflation is still in double digits
Chile continues rate cuts
Central bank lowers policy rate as economy shows signs of slowing
Lebanese acting governor warns of state failure
Mansouri says central bank wants zero-deficit budget and will co-operate with independent audit
BIS paper highlights powerful information effects during SVB run
Hearing about SVB made people more likely to run, but good communications helped stem the tide
FSB chair says world faces ‘pivotal’ moment
Tight policy and slowing growth signal financial stability problems ahead, warns Klaas Knot
PBoC developing interoperable QR codes for digital yuan
Digital yuan to be available in all retail scenarios and in wholesale securities markets
Eurozone inflation expectations remain stagnant
Consumers’ 12-month expectations remain unchanged at 3.4%
Menon to step down as MAS head
Chia Der Jiun will become Singapore’s central bank boss in January
IMF paper offers ‘complete set of tools’ to model reserves demand
Authors say theirs is the first complete modelling framework for reserves demand
Deep learning models are ‘fragile’, BoE paper finds
Models suffering from “Rashomon effect” need better supervision, authors say
People: Paraguay confirms governor appointment
Nicaragua gives governor five more years; Malaysia appoints deputy; and more
Surprising the market can reverse standard effects of policy, paper finds
Part of the impact of Fed decisions comes from revealing economic thinking, authors say
Eurozone soft landing depends on Phillips curve – Schnabel
Executive board member says evidence is hard to read, calling for “robust” policy-making
Supply shocks drive greater dissent on FOMC – BIS paper
Tougher trade-offs appear to reveal differences in policy-maker preferences, authors say
SDR allocation boosted global economy – IMF report
Review finds allocation met its main objectives, but some countries are failing to deliver on pledges