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Smolii says central banks can learn from private sector communications
Central banks need a two-way dialogue with their “clients”, governor says; transparency has helped fight “downpour of fake news”
BoE’s Broadbent: constant Brexit delays are hurting investment
Deputy governor blames “repeated series of cliff edges” for poor UK investment
Local shocks may outweigh global factors for EMEs – ECB paper
US monetary shocks less important than much recent literature argues, researchers say
Indian central bank to set up new supervisory body
Move follows tension between RBI and government over banking supervision
Iceland’s central bank cuts rates by 50 basis points
Growth estimates cut sharply after blows to fishing and tourism
Senior Fed officials differ on monetary policy
Bullard says last rate rise “may have overdone it”, but Bostic “not super-concerned”
BIS paper models dollar’s debt dominance
“Debt view” of dollar dominance has empirical support, authors say
Cambodian central bank voices concerns over possible Chinese spillovers
Central bank fears a sharp drop in property market could trigger financial system risks
Swift announces trials with ECB instant payment system
Linking “Swift gpi” to ECB’s Tips will greatly reduce delays in settlement, consortium says
IMF publishes first review of programmes since financial crisis
Directors say growth assumptions are often unrealistic and call for closer look at debt restructuring
Bank of Jamaica continues with monetary easing
Central bank has now lowered rates three times this year and cut reserve requirements twice
Powell plays down fears about record levels of corporate debt
Fed chair’s remarks strike similar chord to those of Ben Bernanke in 2007, but Powell says this time is different
BoE seeks to make financial stability more transparent – Brazier
Policy-makers look to improve communications and design tests more systematically
BIS paper finds cross-border links between monetary and macro-pru policy
Authors discover “significant interactions” between policies
RBA eyes rate cut as growth and inflation disappoint
Trade tensions and weak household income hamper central bank’s previous plan to tighten policy
Crypto assets have little impact on monetary policy, says ECB team
Task force concludes crypto assets do not fulfil functions of money
New Zealand banks attack RBNZ capital proposals
Central bank proposal would almost double banks’ minimum capital requirements
SBP hikes to 12.25% as inflationary risks grow
Government has been borrowing heavily from central bank and rupee has weakened
Israeli banks and households resilient to higher rates and unemployment
Housing market withstands adverse scenarios in macroeconomic stress test
Saudi central bank fines 16 commercial lenders
Country’s largest banks fined in what may be part of crackdown on consumer finance abuses
Johannes Witteveen, 1921–2019
Witteveen headed IMF during one of the most turbulent periods in monetary history
Open and closed economy central banks react differently to inflation – research
Some economies respond more strongly to certain variables, Fernando Leibovici says
Bank of Canada warns of corporate debt risks
Annual financial system report notes the growing corporate debt in Canada’s extractive industries
RBNZ paper hunts cause of flattening Phillips curve
Paper explores trend of declining relationship between inflation and economic activity