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Saudi Arabia boosts Pakistan’s reserves
Package from Saudi development fund comes as Pakistan’s balance of payments issues ease
Senators introduce Fed ethics law
Democrats’ proposals would put board’s ethics rules on statutory footing and impose fines
People: BoE and Sama governors appointed to chair FSB committees
IMF’s Georgieva nominates new CIO; former El Salvador governor dies
Microfinance still key to inclusion despite flaws – RBI deputy
Excessive debt and “coercive recovery practices” demand reform, says Rajeshwar Rao
Bank of Canada ends QE
Inflation proving “stronger and more persistent than expected”
Namibia plans sovereign wealth fund
Mining and energy revenue will support new entity
RBNZ climate stress test planned for 2023
Central bank faces challenges in adapting NGFS scenarios to New Zealand and greening its own operations
HKMA says firms must report on national security law suspects
Financial regulators say firms must report on those arrested under anti-dissident law
ECB appoints members to new ‘digital euro’ board
Advisory board’s 30 members will advise on potential digital euro models
Kazakhstan continues monetary tightening
National Bank orders third 25bp increase in a row, in line with Russia
Nigeria launches ‘digital naira’ pilot
Central bank issues $1.2 million in retail CBDC after clampdown on private crypto
UK financial firms worried by pandemic risks – BoE survey
Market participants cited cyber risk as the most challenging to address
Bank of Russia raises rates and inflation forecasts
Nabiullina warns central bank will tighten policy further if above-target inflation persists
Bank of Mexico creates environmental and social risk department
Central bank’s attitude to environmental risk might put it at odds with government, says commentator
Chilean president grants Marcel new term as governor
Central bank leader faces continued challenges from pandemic and rapid political change
Fed board member says US community banks under threat
Michelle Bowman says smaller community institutions play vital role for ethnic minorities
PBoC steps up efforts to safeguard cash use
Chinese central bank fines railway $78,000 over refusal to accept cash in ticket office
Fed announces strict new trading rules for senior officials
Regulations would ban individual investments, increase disclosure and restrict transactions
Paraguay’s MPC hikes rates by 125 basis points
Country follows Chile with unexpectedly large tightening as inflation continues to rise
Uganda’s central bank cuts banknote printing costs
Improved processing and new reissuance guidelines streamline banknote management, report says
Fed ethics officials warned against trades
March 2020 advice cautioned against stock transactions in following months
Biden stimulus will cause small, short price spike, says paper
San Francisco Fed predicts American Rescue Plan will boost inflation by 0.3%
Fed’s Quarles says there is no case for a US CBDC
Central banks should not waste resource or risk “significant disruption” to the banking system