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Australia’s labour market is tightening, governor says
Australia’s labour market is tightening, governor says, but higher wages are only evident in ‘certain pockets’ of the market
US could lose a third of growth to climate change – Richmond Fed article
Authors warn economic damage could be much more widespread than typically assumed
FSB weighs effects of post-crisis reforms on central clearing
Report finds incentives to centrally clear are strong in the “systemic core” but weaker elsewhere; some rules could benefit from adjustment
Global regulators to collaborate on fintech sandbox
UK’s FCA unveils global network of 12 regulators that will collaborate on testing and supervising innovative technology
NY Fed’s Potter: technical tweak helped avoid breaching target range
Effective federal funds rate has been rising in the target range, but head of markets says he does not see much evidence of rates becoming more sensitive to reserves balances
Rising wages set to increase inflation – ECB research
Strong GDP growth and employment creation underpins higher underlying price pressures
Competition strengthens banks close to insolvency – BoE paper
Competition policy’s impact on banks varies depending on the underlying health of the individual firms, BoE paper says
Somalia central bank begins global search for new governor
Central bank looks for suitable candidate to continue major reforms, as country attempts to recover following decades of conflict
FPC better equipped for crisis than FSOC – BoE paper
Paper compares how macro-prudential regulators in UK and US would handle a 2008-style crisis
Changes in interest rates impact richest 20% more than the poor – Kganyago
South African governor says microloans are shaped by factors other than monetary policy
Fed’s QE contributed to increased risk-taking by lenders – research
Mortgage real estate investment trusts increased leverage following Fed’s asset purchases
Brazil needs loose policy to safeguard recovery – IMF
Central bank held rates unchanged at record-low level on August 1
BoE mulls post-QE balance sheet policy
Central bank is “minded” to retain its floor system for setting rates, but demand for reserves is an unknown quantity
Bank of Israel begins push for open banking
Regulation of APIs designed as part of several measures to promote banking sector competition
Central bank deputy arrested as Iran grapples with forex crisis
Vice governor in charge of forex has been “arrested and sent to jail”, state media reports
Reserves in Tunisia keep falling
Country battles high inflation and high deficits as it receives support from the IMF
CNB hikes in bid to tame inflation
Strong growth is boosting salaries and consumption in the Czech Republic
Indonesia launches new overnight benchmark rate
New rate replaces the quotation-based model with one based on transactions
Bank of England forms new enforcement committee
Six-member committee will rule on contested enforcement cases
BoE updates estimate of equilibrium interest rates
Latest data shows demographic factors have weighed heavily on real interest rates
Equities pushing US wealth inequality - Minneapolis Fed paper
Wealth inequality boosted by record-high stocks and slower growth in house prices, paper finds
Fed keeps rates unchanged but points to strong economic activity
FOMC says it expects to implement gradual increases in federal funds rate
‘Bernanke targeting’ may outperform Taylor rule – Fed paper
Paper tests Ben Bernanke’s proposal for temporary price level targets
BoE paper tests bond market ‘liquidity resilience’
Study of gilt futures draws on novel dataset to assess stability risks