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Former finance minister criticises PBoC’s prudential supervision
Lou attacks central bank over macro-prudential supervision and warns of China’s high debt levels
People: T&T governor has term extended
Hilaire will stay at T&T central bank until 2023; Sri Lanka promotes two assistant governors to deputy posts; Australia appoints new assistant governor; CNB official joins Esma board
Covid-19 likely harms productivity – BoE paper
Private sector could lose 5% of its productivity in Q4 this year, authors estimate
Fed keeps some limits on bank dividends
All banks keep above minimum capital ratios under second round of stress-testing
Netherlands Bank backs IFRS plans for global sustainability standards
Governor Knot stresses global standard will be of less use if development continues to lag
US Congress strikes stimulus deal with weaker curbs on Fed powers
Previous wording would have prevented Fed from ever recreating the ‘Main Street’ programme
BoE’s inflation target may hamper response to no-deal Brexit – IMF
Report urges BoE to bolster market communication in the event no deal is reached
EBA sets out methods for AML risk assessments
Reports can be triggered by concerns over authorities’ anti-money laundering frameworks
Paper lays groundwork for Canadian ‘Hank’ model
Author estimates “earnings process” as step towards heterogeneous agent modelling
Republican lawmakers seek curbs on Fed’s emergency facilities
Treasury backs lawmakers in bid to insert wording to bar Fed from restarting Covid loan programmes
BoE’s MPC says UK outlook is ‘unusually uncertain’
Outcome of Brexit talks and evolution of pandemic leave future cloudy, BoE says
ECB establishes tough conditions for banks to resume dividends
Dividends must remain below 15% of cumulative profits in 2019-20 and not higher than 0.2% of CET1 ratio
Non-banks continue to eat into banks’ market share
FSB monitoring finds patterns of links between banks and non-banks are changing
FCA fails to register crypto asset firms by cut-off
Regulator establishes temporary registration regime for firms which submitted an application on time
Carstens reveals details of ‘Rio’ high-speed data project
BIS chief unveils push for central bankers to innovate and rethink the way they collaborate
IMF’s Adrian weighs balance between stimulus and stability
Central banks need to incorporate macro-financial stability in decision-making processes, he says
House price consideration could be added to mandate – RBNZ’s Orr
New Zealand’s governor argues house prices are not the remit of monetary policy
Loans to SMEs should have lower capital requirements – BdF paper
More SME lending boosts banks’ portfolio diversity and decreases systemic risk exposure, paper finds
Bank of Israel to offer repos to non-bank credit providers
Measure is a bid to foster competition, and lower households and firms' financing costs
Quarles: Fed’s supervision should evolve
Fed vice-chair says supervision has not been adequately scrutinised in the past
CBDC could give consumers power over their data – paper
Mere existence of CBDC could discipline data-hungry payments firms, authors say
Colombia names new central bank governor
Senior economist focused on development set to take office in January
MAS strengthens fintech co-operation with Ghana and Hungary
Agreements will help connect SMEs and foster discussions around regulation and emerging trends
New Bank of Jamaica Act grants legal independence
BoJ Act 2020 triggers formation of monetary policy committee, board restructure and increased capitalisation