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Brazil holds rates again but signals easing at next meeting
BCB may cut by half point in March as forward guidance is ‘explicitly dovish’, analyst says
Bank of Ghana slashes rates by 250bp
Institution says fiscal consolidation and plummeting inflation justified additional easing
Chile holds rates at 4.5%
BCCh in no rush to cut but says inflation likely to undershoot previous forecast in short term
US stock crash would be ‘felt across the world’ – BdF deputy
Current account imbalances cannot be solved unilaterally, argues Bénassy-Quéré
Banxico to slow easing cycle in 2026
Tax reforms and tariffs on China expected to have one-off effects on prices, Mexican central bank says
Weak yen prompted BoJ’s December rate hike, minutes show
Japan likely to continue tightening, though board said it had ‘no specific pace in mind’
ECB tweaks collateral framework, ‘paves way’ for DLT-based assets
Bank clarifies ‘climate factor’ in securities pricing, introduces haircuts on sterling, dollar and yen assets
People: President’s nephew confirmed as BI deputy governor
Plus new governor in Malawi and Croatia’s vice-governor to become minister
Uruguay slashes rates by 100bp to 6.5%
Peso gains against dollar as central bank tweaks meeting schedule to allow ‘necessary flexibility’
AI could amplify financial stability risks – BIS’s Zhang
Technology may increase speed and intensity of how stress propagates through system, says official
Life insurers increasingly exposed to systemic risk – BoE paper
Authors say European firms’ ‘non-traditional activities’ may call for new regulation
IMF overcalculated Taiwan’s USD exposure – central bank chief
Fund’s measure showing USD holdings at 45 times local FX markets is “misunderstanding”, Yang says