Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
Protectionism won’t divert Bank of Canada’s inflation focus – Wilkins
Rate-setters think gradual normalisation is still appropriate, higher rates necessary to achieve target
Eurozone’s largest banks are penalised for intra-EU transactions – Praet
International regulations should recognised progress made under banking union, says senior ECB official
Financial literacy differs greatly between countries – OeNB paper
Some differences are due to survey methods but others may reflect institutional factors, find researchers
Cyber crime potentially biggest risk to Danish banks, central bank says
Central bank study finds most financial institutions have reinforced their security since 2016
Central banks could do more to tackle climate change – paper
Central banks may be mispricing assets due to climate change risk, paper argues
US and UK central banks take similar policy stances, researchers find
Richmond Fed examines responses to major monetary policy shocks
RBA governor welcomes housing market slowdown
Lowe says slower credit growth is “positive”, as wider economy heats up
Carney warns no-deal Brexit would squeeze real income
Governor informs Treasury Committee of household “real income squeeze” in the event of a no-deal Brexit; Mervyn King calls government’s Brexit preparations “incompetent”
IMF points to greater price pressures in Tunisia
The fund and national authorities agree on policies to complete fourth review of support programme
Bank of Spain paper looks at G20 regulatory agenda
“Globally significant” banks’ perceived risk likely to rise, researchers say
St Louis Fed’s Bullard thinks Fed should hold
Flatter yield curve and moderate inflation in US suggest monetary policy shouldn’t be tighter, president says
Fed paper presents method to better estimate systemic risk
Authors find their approach outperforms several commonly used systemic risk indicators
Foreign jurisdictions could disrupt European payments, Mersch warns
EU must end reliance on foreign-based payment card providers, ECB official says
Inattention helps explain flat Phillips curve – Fed paper
Inflation may be less sensitive to shocks because people are not paying attention, authors say
BIS paper weighs economic impact of macro-prudential policy
Cutting the LTV ratio leads to reduced output in emerging markets, authors find
Carney signals ‘willingness’ to stay at BoE
Governor implies he is “willing” to serve another year, though decision falls to Treasury
RBI’s Kanungo warns on fiscal imbalances
State governments have borrowed heavily, making the RBI’s job harder, the deputy says
IMF says Chad and BEAC reforms must continue
Multi-state African central bank must make changes to policy framework, IMF staff say
Flatter US yield curve may not herald a new crisis – San Francisco Fed
The curve inversion has not materialised, while low long-term yields may be related to quantitative easing
Kuroda says controls on high-frequency trading ‘critical’
HFT can aid market efficiency, but action is needed to tackle its downside, says BoJ governor
CBRT vows action at next policy meeting
Turkish central bank has already raised effective interest rates without changing the policy rate
IMF paper builds corruption indicator using big data
Corruption shocks negatively impact long-term real outcomes, authors say
Cyprus inquiry probes central bank’s role in lender’s collapse
Senior supervisor says central bank and ECB failed to act after chief executive resigned in 2015
Weidmann urges Greece to implement further reforms
Deutsche Bundesbank president recommends additional reforms and “sound” fiscal policy