Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
IMF and World Bank pledge Ukraine aid
Fund considering emergency loan and World Bank assembling $3 billion package
Sberbank Europe enters insolvency
Subsidiaries in Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia sold off as sanctions cripple Russian lender
Euroclear bars rubles and Russia equities trading remains suspended
Ukraine places war bonds as unconfirmed report says Russian SWF may support equities
BoE consults on removing macro-prudential rule
Affordability test has drawbacks and may no longer be needed, given other tools, says FPC
Norwegian oil fund to divest Russian assets
Fund held equity investments in nearly 50 Russian companies, including Sberbank and Gazprom
Emerging economies ‘remarkably’ resilient to Fed tightening, BIS says
Many EME currencies have appreciated, but Turkish lira and Russian ruble are notable exceptions
Botswana cancels cheques
Banks will cease processing cheques from 2024
US regulators fine Pakistani state-owned bank
Central bank-owned NBP will pay more than $55 million for AML shortcomings
ECB says Sberbank Europe is close to collapse
Russian-owned bank likely to be unable to pay its debts “in the near future”, supervisors say
Bank of Mexico MPC minutes stress high core inflation
Core inflation increased by 6.2% in January and has risen for 14 consecutive months
BIS paper estimates slack in Mexico’s informal labour market
Calculating Nairu is challenging given large unregulated sector, authors say
Poland offers Ukraine swap line as NBU suspends FX transactions
Central bank says payments system is working well but tells citizens to minimise cash use
Russian central bank announces string of emergency measures
Bank of Russia announces liquidity support, FX interventions and changes to capital ratings
Ecuador congress removes bank regulator
Legislators charged Ruth Arregui with failure to perform duties of her office
Banks still falling short of final Basel III requirements
Basel Committee says some metrics seem to have been impacted by Covid-19
RBA preparing changes to open market operations
Assistant governor says reforms needed as liquidity and monetary policy evolves
Bailey seeks to clarify controversial comments on wage restraint
BoE governor says firms need to curb price rises to limit impact on poorest households
Riksbank minutes confirm board division on normalisation
Three out of six board members voted to accelerate end of net asset purchases
Bank of Jamaica launches ‘stronger actions’ against inflation
Central bank accelerates monetary tightening as inflation nears 10%
Bank of Israel set to increase interest rates soon
Central bank points out inflation expectations have increased
BIS paper finds real links matter for asset price co-movement
Real economic integration may be more important than previously thought, authors say
Rwanda raises benchmark rate 50bp
MPC statement warns of expected spike in inflation in 2022
Uruguay continues programme of interest rate hikes
Central bank announced plans for two more increases at January meeting
FOMC’s January minutes hint at policy actions and inflation fears
Committee signals determination to end asset purchases in March and raise the funds rate