Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
BoE to start greening its corporate bond holdings
Central bank will use new climate-focused methodology to rebalance portfolio later this month
People: ECB appoints new head of macro-pru
BIS names Innovation Hub directors; Bundesbank sends representative to Madrid; and more
Fed’s gradual tightening could be boon for some, says Armenian governor
Central Asia faces inflation caused by enormous liquidity injected by advanced economies, says Galstyan
Czech National Bank makes 125bp hike
Central bank promises aggressive action to resist “exceptionally strong price pressures”
Norges Bank aiming for December rate hike
Central bank projects somewhat steeper path of rate hikes among Norway’s trade partners
Carney says over $130 trillion of capital now pledged to net zero
But rich countries admit they have fallen short of net zero financing goals
RBNZ seeks greater collaboration on cyber incidents
New response team was established following September cyber attack
China rolls out loss-absorbency rules for systemic banks
China to follow FSB standard, telling G-Sibs to build buffers worth 18% of risk-weighted assets
UAE central bank announces new cyber security centre
Gulf state saw huge increase in cyber attacks in 2020
RBA drops yield curve control
Lowe acknowledges messy market conditions after yields broke free late last week
UAE partly decriminalises passing bad cheques
New law meant to encourage recovery, justice and more modern forms of payment
Riksbank studies link between equity prices and interest rates
Measures that do not directly account for interest rates can better explain historical prices
Mobile money was ‘crucial’ for low-income countries during the pandemic – IMF
Data shows mobile and internet banking transactions grew for all income levels
Saudi Arabia gives $3 billion to Egyptian central bank
Donation is pandemic aid, and follows similar deposit with Pakistan central bank
Centralised climate change teams crucial, central bankers say
As COP26 begins, central banks are focusing on improving governance of their climate actions
Zimbabwe’s central bank hikes rates to 60%
Resurgent inflation pressures force inflation to 54% while exchange rate weakens
Eurozone inflation expected to hit 4.1% in October
Figure would be joint highest reading since the single currency was introduced
Colombia continues tightening monetary policy
Central bank board unanimous on raising rates, but splits 5–2 on size of increase
Azerbaijan authorities order 50bp hike
Price deregulation and global factors lead list of inflation drivers
Central banks must address personal data risks, says BIS paper
Regulators must upgrade response to risks caused by tech firms’ use of data
Indian government reappoints Das as governor
Das gets new three-year term, as economy rebounds from Covid shock
BoK examines policy tools to tackle climate change
Central bank pledged to increase purchase of ESG-compliant products for reserve portfolio
People: IMF deputy managing director to leave
Mitsuhiro Furusawa to depart IMF; Brazil and Costa Rica to appoint board members; and more
BoJ cuts inflation outlook to zero as it holds rates
Producer price inflation in Japan is at a 13-year high, but CPI inflation lingers around zero