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Israeli reserves see strong growth in October
Total international reserves now worth 32.2% of GDP, boosted by equity investments
Supervisors must adapt to climate change risks – Fed official
Real impacts are already being felt and policy-makers must develop new tools, Kevin Stiroh says
People: Riksbank appoints new executive board member
Swedish central bank promotes Cecilia Skingsley to first deputy governor; FCA appoints three new board members; Nigerian president appoints former deputy governor as special adviser
New IMF chief maintains focus on unsustainable debt levels
Debt levels at all-time high and well over twice global GDP, Kristalina Georgieva warns
RBNZ may raise insurance firms’ solvency levels
Governor expects review of insurers will lead to “series of thresholds”
European Commission mulls climate risk regulation
New green finance strategy could include new climate stress tests – Dombrovskis
Hidden money creation is impacting policy, PBoC economist warns
“Banks’ shadow” hampers monetary and financial stability policy, Guofeng Sun says
Decentralised reserves system brings benefits – ECB paper
Management of reserves by eurozone’s national central banks boosts competition – researchers
IMF paper looks at Moroccan monetary policy
Findings show balance sheet has significant impact, especially via smaller firms – researchers
Mobile payments accelerate decline in Swedish cash use
Cash accounted for just 6% of payments in 2018, and its value in circulation is barely 1% of GDP
ECB says new eurozone benchmark successfully introduced
Data shows September rate cut fully passed through to new €STR benchmark, ECB says
Patray retires from Liberia governorship
Embattled governor hands over leadership to deputy as country strikes IMF deal
Uncertainty is lessening monetary policy effectiveness, Fed president says
Policy-makers at risk of not getting same “bang for the buck”, Tom Barkin says
IMF praises Bank of Mexico for not intervening in forex market
Peso strengthens against regional peers following lack of intervention from central bank
Bank of Thailand cuts interest rate to record low
Bank of Thailand cuts rate to all-time low and relaxes forex rules
Turkey and Russia continue expanding gold reserves
Central banks purchased 156 tonnes in third quarter of year, 38% less than a year earlier, WGC figures show
US G-Sibs ‘dramatically’ cut exposure to Brexit risk – Fed research
Financial analyst unpacks individual banks’ exposures to the UK since referendum
Cuts in oil output may imperil Norway’s financial sector – Norges Bank
Central bank warns prospect of environmental policies may be weakening the krone
Bank of Spain paper looks at exchange rate shocks in the eurozone
Exogenous exchange rate shocks affect energy prices but not core inflation, researchers find
Cash increasingly used as store of value – BIS report
Cash “still king”, BIS authors say, but electronic payments are taking a bigger share of transactions
New York Fed proposes three SOFR averages
Move is “important next step” in encouraging transition from Libor, official says
Fed stands ready to ease year-end funding squeeze, says Logan
New York Fed prepared to adjust recent market operations, says markets chief
Germany’s tight fiscal policy may hamper ECB normalisation – IMF research
Sustained budget surpluses have reduced debt issuance and contributed to ever-lower yields