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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
ECB announces major boost to pandemic programmes
New TLTRO programme will offer banks financing at negative rates to maintain consumer lending
Most authorities failed to build up buffers before Covid hit – Carstens
Supervisors face more problems once emergency support measures are withdrawn, says BIS chief
Bank of Spain paper applies text mining to climate disclosures
Some climate disclosures found only in remuneration or Pillar 3 reports, researchers say
Ingves: Riksbank must have flexibility to develop new policy tools
Governor warns inquiry into central bank “clings” to an outdated view of economics
People: New deputies named in China and Mexico
Plus ECB appoints senior supervisors, and Donald Trump tries to install new OCC chief
ECB is caught in a ‘communications trap’ – Issing
Monetary policy architect says ‘close to’ 2% inflation target was never part of original plan; urges ECB to reject Fed-like average inflation targeting
APIs could help curb fintech operational risk – Sarb deputy
Data can give firms a competitive edge in South Africa’s financial services market
BIS warns of gap between cautious banks and buoyant markets
Report says exuberant market conditions may belie underlying risks
BoE considering legal action over hoax press release
Group calling themselves the ‘Yes Men’ claimed credit for the fake