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IMF lays out role for investment funds to green economy
Global Financial Stability Report estimates $20 trillion will be needed over the next two decades
Fed asks watchdog to review controversial trading
Move follows resignation of Boston and Dallas heads, as Warren asks for SEC probe
SSM reduced large eurozone banks’ risk-taking – ECB paper
Reduced credit risk was driven by supranational authority’s greater efficiency, authors argue
BSP calls for criminalisation of ‘extreme’ coin hoarding
Philippines central bank proposal comes as police seize hoard of 50 million pesos worth of pennies
BoE report sheds light on Covid market operations
Surge in scale and frequency of operations amid switch to work from home created “issues”
Czech governor calls finance minister ‘incompetent’
Rusnok rejects finance minister’s criticisms of rate rise as general election draws near
More regulatory action on big tech may be needed – FSI paper
Actions so far may not be enough to address growing risks, says Financial Stability Institute
US PCE inflation rises to 4.3%
Fed’s preferred rate reaches new high in August, but “trimmed” measure steady at 2%
Colombia raises policy rate for first time since 2016
Board forecasts inflation will be above target band for the rest of this year
Jamaican central bank makes first rate rise since 2019
Central bank forecasts inflation will be above target for two years as it hikes rate by 100bp
Bank of Mexico makes third consecutive rate raise
Board says inflation risks are tilted to upside and raises fourth-quarter inflation forecast
FSB relaunches global surveillance framework
New approach aims to be more systematic and reflect FSB’s “broad membership”
Czech central bank raises rates despite government pressure
Board votes to increase repo rate 75bp as inflation rises above 4% for first time since 2008
Emerging European countries’ asset purchases worked – IMF paper
Emerging market central banks in Europe bought assets without triggering instability, authors find
People: Bank of Korea nominates board member
Bolivia’s former governor Pablo Ramos Sánchez dies; Trevor Braithwaite departs ECCB; and more
BoE paper links debt and labour supply
Households behave differently depending on their wealth and debt, paper finds
Yellen warns of ‘catastrophic’ effects of not raising debt limit
Treasury secretary says failing to raise ceiling would be a “manufactured crisis”
Elizabeth Warren publicly rejects Powell reappointment
Senator calls Jerome Powell “a dangerous man to head up the Fed”
BoE urges public to spend remaining paper banknotes
Paper £20 and £50 will cease to be legal tender next year
Bailey puzzles over UK labour market signals
A lot of people are still out of the labour market, but unemployment remains low
Brainard cites Delta in dovish speech
Fed governor warns “employment is still a bit short of the mark” for taper
Singapore and Malaysia to link payment systems
Regulators see potential of using distributed ledger technology in cross-border payment linkage
Zambia reinstates Kalyalya as central bank governor
Former World Bank official takes over following resignation of previous president’s central bank pick
Boston Fed president resigns, citing health
Rosengren had been accused of conflicts of interest due to real estate holdings