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RBNZ agrees plan to reverse QE
Central bank expects to sell off NZ$50 billion by 2027
Bangladesh appoints senior civil servant as central bank governor
Abdur Rouf Talukder will take office in July
Ten-year yield breaches BoJ target band
Central bank steps in with another purchase operation, but warns on yen weakness
FSB and IMF wrap up post-crisis data gaps initiative
Some issues remain despite “significant progress” since 2009, report finds
Saudi monarch names first woman to Sama board
Sheila Alrowaily named as one of three new non-executive directors
BoE finds ‘shortcomings’ in three UK banks’ resolution plans
Central bank’s first resolvability assessment concludes banks can now fail “safely”
Lesotho appoints new central bank governor
Acting governor Mohapi will become first deputy
ECB announces 25bp rate raise and QE slowdown for July
September increase may be steeper, as ECB forecasts higher inflation and lower growth
Crypto market faces growing fragmentation – BIS paper
Crypto assets are failing to generate network effects seen in standard payments, authors find
CBDCs could improve energy efficiency of payments – IMF paper
Design choices could allow for greater efficiency than existing credit card infrastructure
IMF blog highlights rise of ‘non-traditional’ reserve currencies
Renminbi only accounts for a quarter of the shift away from dollars
Rates round-up: RBI adds 50bp to main rate
Chile announces eighth rate hike; Thai PM reveals rate hold early; and more
Fed paper argues capitalism killed the Phillips curve
Shift in the balance of power between capital and labour likely to hold down inflation, authors find
People: Skingsley to head BIS Innovation Hub
New deputy governor in Philippines; BIS names new Asia-Pacific rep; and more
Eurosystem’s bond holdings may hamper market functioning – paper
Asset scarcity caused by Covid-19 emergency programme has lowered repo rates, researchers say
Reserve Bank of Australia joins 50bp club
Australian central bank continues post-pandemic tightening with second, larger hike
Ukrainian central bank hikes rates and warns of rising financial risks
NBU says fall in yields on hryvnia-denominated assets may lead to dollarisation
West African leaders name new central bank governor
Previous governor departed in April, leaving interim leadership unclear
BoJ finds some CBDC designs suffer from bottlenecks
Designs faced pressures on transaction throughput, latency and CPU load
Tougher macro-pru helps response to major storms – BdF paper
Better regulation greatly reduces costs of financing after some natural disasters, researchers find
Israeli sovereign wealth fund launches after years of delay
Government finally accrued required tax revenues from gas and mining sectors
BoE paper examines microstructure of UK banking system
Authors stitch together supervisory datasets to study likelihood of crisis
Rates round-up: Canada adds 50bp to main rate
Kenya orders first rate increase since 2015; Dominican Republic hikes 100bp; and more
Shadow banks need macro-pru regimes – Bundesbank paper
Limits on shadow banks’ leverage could have helped avert global financial crisis, researcher finds