Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
Chilean central bank measures country’s carbon footprint
Study aims to create methodology to assess emissions and develop plan to cut footprint
MAS launches new regtech grant
S$42 million fund will help firms test new digital products before full deployment
People: US set to name OCC chief; IMF’s Werner to retire
New deputy governor appointed in India; former Ecuadorian general manager dies; and more
RBI steps in with liquidity amid worsening Covid outbreak
Central bank “stands in battle readiness”, governor says, as virus death toll climbs
Implementing Basel III accords must not be delayed – ECB’s Enria
Financial sector is calling for further postponement but this will bring no benefits, supervisor warns
Dallas Fed chief wants to talk about tapers
Comments may indicate split at Fed, though FOMC remains committed to asset purchases
Georgia’s central bank launches CBDC project
Central bank says private sector involvement will be “crucial”
BoE prepares to break with EU rules on smaller banks
Central bank signals a more tailored approach to regulating non-systemic banks
Colombia’s central bank revises up growth forecast
Board maintains rates at 1.75%, as IMF says delays in vaccination could hamper recovery
Peru’s central bank caps consumer interest under protest
Central bank governor and president say new law will damage the economy
RBNZ does not have ‘adequate’ AML/CFT resource – FATF report
New Zealand central bank needs more AML/CFT resources and tougher penalties
Central clearing of Treasuries could cut disruption – NY Fed paper
Central clearing could have avoided most settlement failures during Covid-19 crisis, authors say
Singapore’s SWF starts work on cross-border payment network
JP Morgan, DBS Bank and Temasek say project will build on collaboration with MAS
MAS and Bank of Thailand connect retail real-time payments
Transaction times will be reduced to minutes as opposed to one to two days, central banks say
Insolvencies could jeopardise EU recovery – ESRB report
ESRB calls on governments and banks to plan a smooth phasing-out of support measures
Central bank ‘activism’ risks long-run costs, paper argues
Central banks acting outside their mandate is “never without cost”, law professor says
ECB paper measures economic uncertainty in eurozone
Researchers present method to monitor changes in uncertainty in eurozone and its trading partners
Australia, Canada and New Zealand form network for indigenous inclusion
Ottawa will host symposium on indigenous economics later this year
Tajikistan central bank announces rate hike
Currency devaluation in 2020 has added to inflationary pressure
BoJ forecasts weaker inflation but stronger growth
Inflation still negative in Japan but likely to inch above zero this year, forecasts suggest
Georgia central bank orders 100bp rate increase
Worsening inflation pushes central bank to raise policy rate to 9.5%
MAS proposes ‘unbundling digital currency stack’
Layers of governance could allow single common settlement platform for CBDCs
IMF warns Tuvalu risks exclusion from global banking system
Country must improve AML framework and domestic lending practices, fund says
Foreign banks can reduce harm of ‘doom loop’ – ECB paper
Cross-border banks in eurozone countries soften effects of sovereign stress on credit