Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
BoE may impose capital floors on UK firms – PRA chief
Sam Woods says some leveraged loans are based on “heroic” risk assumptions
Sarb announces ‘CBDC feasibility project’
Central bank pursues partners to test digital currency
South African MPC narrowly votes to hold rates
Sarb cuts projected growth rates and expects looser monetary policy
Costa Rica cuts rates further following March reversal
Central bank concerned about downside inflation risks and slow economic activity
Trump administration to delay $20 Tubman banknote
Banknote featuring abolitionist Harriet Tubman pushed beyond Trump’s maximum term
FSB launches review of ‘too-big-to-fail’ policies
Bundesbank’s Claudia Buch to lead evaluation of post-crisis reform efforts
Fed prepared to adjust balance sheet size and composition
Minutes reveal discussions of how the Fed could use its balance sheet in long-run
RBNZ review lends support to loan-to-value limits
Macro-prudential tool has been helpful in promoting financial stability, study finds
Zambia raises rates for first time since 2015
Governor hopes to prevent inflation rising above 6–8% target
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