Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
Bank of Spain upgrades cash-handling directorate
New directorate-general will handle regional branches and banknote production
RBNZ’s Wheeler: policy now has ‘neutral bias’
Risks to future rate movements “equally weighted”, governor says, though plenty of domestic and global risks could knock the outlook off course
RBA paper assesses FOMC’s forecasting performance
RBA and Fed economists collaborate on study of forecasting errors by the Federal Open Market Committee
FOMC’s Brainard: Fed may need to raise rates in near future
“Drag” on US economy from foreign and domestic factors decreasing, FOMC member says; Brainard also calls for shrinking Fed’s balance sheet as rates rise
Russian central bank centralises supervisory duties
New division will supervise smaller banks across the country
Interest rate effects weaker at low levels – Borio and Gambacorta
Supply of loans becomes less responsive to policy rate movements when interest rates are already very low, likely due to impact on bank profits, authors say
Fed could shrink balance sheet to end “twist” on yield curve – Bullard
Allowing some bonds to run off the balance sheet could permit a more natural yield curve, St Louis Fed president says; San Francisco Fed’s Williams says a March rate hike expectation is “on the table”
Czech National Bank reorganises supervision department
Bank says it will increase staffing of revamped division
Bank of Spain paper calculates implicit public debt thresholds
Researchers build on earlier work and apply models to Spanish data
Basel capital surcharges are too low – Fed paper
Authors argue current Basel standards are not enough to guard against the failure of a global bank, particularly those reliant on short-term funding
Norway’s oil fund delivers strong returns in 2016
Fund enjoys nearly 7% growth, with strong equity performance leading the way; strategy envisages work to improve efficiency and overhaul investment platform
Ukraine central bank: governor is not considering resigning
Local reports say Valeria Gontareva wishes to step down; NBU gives first custodian contract to commercial bank
Bank of Italy paper looks at impact of monetary policy shocks
The impacts of eurozone and US shocks have diverged since the onset of the financial crisis, the working paper says
Sri Lankan finance minister accuses former governor of fraud
Ex-president and former central bank governor are both accused of “fraudulent management of public debt”
BoE paper raises risk of ‘bubbly growth traps’
Asset bubbles can direct resources to low-productivity sectors, which could explain the long hangover from recent crises, author says
MAS forms council to toughen corporate governance code
Ageing code of corporate governance needs to be updated to reflect best practice, authority says; chairman notes pressure on companies to become more transparent
People: CBRC gets new chair; Colombian board member appointed
Veteran official takes top job at Chinese banking regulator; Gerardo Hernández Correa joins Colombian central bank; appointments at ESM and Czech National Bank
Bundesbank official: Don't count on ‘economic sanity’ in Brexit talks
Equivalence agreement is “not a reliable substitute” for passporting, but the UK should have an interim regulatory arrangement, Bundesbank’s Andreas Dombret says
ECB says Cyprus will need increased resources to monitor housing
Central bank says it will soon brief staff on major internal reorganisation
Italian paper tracks spreads on eurozone corporate bonds
“Fragmentation” has begun to decrease following ECB’s use of QE, researcher says
Tax cuts affect bank leverage and liabilities – BIS paper
Tax cuts have different effects on different banks, authors find; better-capitalised banks increase their assets, while weaker ones clean up their balance sheets
IMF stays tough on debt relief as it prepares to return to Greece
Maurice Obstfeld and other top officials stress the fund’s demands on debt sustainability; mission to return to Greece next week
BoE acts to tackle disparity in capital requirements
PRA plans measures it believes will boost competition and address adverse incentives generated by the standardised approach to calculating risk weights
Ukrainian central bank crackdown on capital flows to Russia
Governor says coal blockade may force central bank to take emergency measures including re-imposing exchange controls