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Bank of Mexico makes third consecutive rate raise
Board says inflation risks are tilted to upside and raises fourth-quarter inflation forecast
FSB relaunches global surveillance framework
New approach aims to be more systematic and reflect FSB’s “broad membership”
Czech central bank raises rates despite government pressure
Board votes to increase repo rate 75bp as inflation rises above 4% for first time since 2008
Emerging European countries’ asset purchases worked – IMF paper
Emerging market central banks in Europe bought assets without triggering instability, authors find
People: Bank of Korea nominates board member
Bolivia’s former governor Pablo Ramos Sánchez dies; Trevor Braithwaite departs ECCB; and more
BoE paper links debt and labour supply
Households behave differently depending on their wealth and debt, paper finds
Yellen warns of ‘catastrophic’ effects of not raising debt limit
Treasury secretary says failing to raise ceiling would be a “manufactured crisis”
Elizabeth Warren publicly rejects Powell reappointment
Senator calls Jerome Powell “a dangerous man to head up the Fed”
BoE urges public to spend remaining paper banknotes
Paper £20 and £50 will cease to be legal tender next year
Bailey puzzles over UK labour market signals
A lot of people are still out of the labour market, but unemployment remains low
Brainard cites Delta in dovish speech
Fed governor warns “employment is still a bit short of the mark” for taper
Singapore and Malaysia to link payment systems
Regulators see potential of using distributed ledger technology in cross-border payment linkage
Zambia reinstates Kalyalya as central bank governor
Former World Bank official takes over following resignation of previous president’s central bank pick
Boston Fed president resigns, citing health
Rosengren had been accused of conflicts of interest due to real estate holdings
UK looks to boost long-term investing
Working group says action needed to encourage illiquid investing without risking instability
Inequality sharpens monetary policy’s effects – ECB paper
Author analyses “inequality channel” using model with three types of heterogeneous agent
FOMC doubles ceiling for reverse repo bids
Participating institutions can now borrow up to $160 billion per bid
Authorities should consider stress-testing global supply chains – BoE paper
While global supply chains have not changed much, the shocks impacting them have, researchers say
Norges Bank becomes first in G10 to raise rates
Olsen forecasts further rise in December and report points to more hikes in 2022
RBNZ to tighten housing loan limits in November
“House prices remained unsustainable” despite earlier action, New Zealand governor Bascand says
Sectoral prices growing in importance as inflation driver – BIS paper
Monetary policy risks being “overly forceful” if it tries to respond, Borio and co-authors warn
BoE cuts UK growth forecast
Inflation likely to stay above 4% for first half of 2022 amid supply constraints and energy squeeze – MPC
Brazilian central bank raises rates and promises further hikes
MPC forecasts policy rate will rise by 200 bp and cautions government against expansion
UK’s PRA ‘re-tooling’ for post-Brexit world – Woods
Chief executive says reform efforts complicated by hasty “on-shoring” of EU rules