Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
People: BIS appoints RBA’s Lowe to succeed Dudley on financial system committee
Lowe will chair committee charged with financial stability; IMF gets new media chief; and more
Malaysian government names Nor Shamsiah Mohd as new governor
Former deputy governor led investigation of 1MDB and recommended prosecution
Major banks pass Fed stress tests
All banks assessed reached minimum capital requirements in more adverse scenario
Singapore central bank aims to eliminate cheques but not go cashless
MAS board member reveals new details of scheme to allow payments by QR codes
BoE capital injection lays ground for stronger crisis response
Higher risk-bearing capacity allows additional emergency measures, Mark Carney says; move could bring forward BoE’s exit from QE
Richmond Fed economists design bank resolvability score
Score could help make complex living wills easier to interpret, authors argue
Issuing “foreign-law” debt can cut costs in times of crisis – ECB paper
Eurozone countries’ bonds issued abroad showed major premiums during debt crisis – researchers
Caribbean central banks look for common approach to fintech
Working group set up to look at crypto assets in the region
Swiss central bank keeps policy rates negative
SNB says it will intervene in foreign exchange markets “as necessary”
Brazil tests DLT-based regulatory data-sharing platform
Blockchain will allow regulators to share data more efficiently, says central bank
Norges Bank says rate hike likely in September
Key policy remains at 0.5% as inflation rises below target since February 2017
Fed policy’s global effects differ in booms and busts – BIS paper
Monetary policy appears to impact global bank lending differently depending on the “regime”
Leading governors analyse evolving inflation-employment relationship
Powell, Draghi, Lowe and Kuroda assess causes keeping wage growth low across the world
Leverage ratio disincentives clearing – BoE paper
Leverage ratio appears to have made some banks less willing to take on new clients
People: China appoints new monetary policy committee
IMF’s general counsel retires; Czech National Bank appoints new comms director
Ukrainian central bank appoints first deputy and deputy governors
New first deputy governor was key figure in banking clean-up
Central Bank of Venezuela gets another new president
Ramón Lobo becomes latest victim of institution’s revolving door
Riksbank terminates contract with Crane
Central bank argues banknote provider has broken its contract by transferring printing facilities
‘Living wills’ have reduced implicit subsidy – Fed paper
Higher cost of capital implies resolution measures have reduced ‘too big to fail’ subsidy, authors say
Fed paper questions value of debt as crisis indicator
Asset prices and current account balance more important, author finds
UK lawmakers ‘satisfied’ with Visa response to outage
Visa has promised an independent inquiry into the incident that saw 5.2 million payments fail; firm reveals details of its recovery efforts
Economy allows Fed to continue policy normalisation – Atlanta’s Bostic
Business contacts report concerns about trade policy and tariffs
RBA minutes drop hawkish language
Minutes of June meeting appear to contrast with recent remarks by governor Philip Lowe
Central bank digital currency of no benefit to financial stability – RBNZ research
CBDC could make New Zealand’s banking sector more susceptible to spillovers