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Kosovo central bank joins supervisory agreement with EBA and neighbours
Supervisors from five other parts of former Yugoslavia joined in 2015
ECB set for €50 note launch
The European Central Bank is to launch the fourth banknote in the new Europa series on April 4; the new note will retain design elements from previous series, but will feature revamped security features
Tucker: policymakers should focus on resilience and clarity
Central banks would gain legitimacy if they could better explain their models of systemic crises, and if politicians specified a particular risk tolerance, says former BoE deputy governor Paul Tucker
Icelandic leaders clash on possible peg
Prime minister challenges finance minister’s assertion that the krona needs to be pegged; government launches review of exchange rate policy
Uncertainty matters for forward guidance success – BoE paper
Authors show that introducing uncertainty generates significantly different macroeconomic effects, with implications for policymaking
Eurozone instability tops reserve manager fears – survey
Threat of instability or weakness in the eurozone and fear of major asset price correction are greatest concerns for reserve managers in 2017, Central Banking survey shows
Bank of Finland publishes China and Russia forecasts
Chinese targets “encourage data manipulation”; Russia stalls on structural reforms
Fed’s Dudley discusses unwinding of balance sheet
Should reinvestment end “abruptly”, financial conditions would tighten, New York Fed president said; tapering “gradually and predictably” is the way to go, he adds
BoJ builds on BIS banking statistics
Researchers break down the statistics further, shedding new light on patterns of cross-border banking
Bahamas further relaxes capital controls
Specific sectors of the economy will be able to obtain foreign exchange from banks both at home and abroad; non-resident firms to gain credit from international banks licensed in the Bahamas
Be careful of using swaps to track inflation expectations, analyst says
Be careful of using swaps to track inflation expectations, analyst says
Danes claim top spot for EU card payments
Danish people use cards more than any other European Union nation, central bank report says, with electronic payments widespread
Basel Committee outlines enhanced disclosure framework
Revised Pillar 3 standard adds “dashboard” of banks’ key prudential metrics and consolidates all existing Basel Committee disclosure requirements
End of ‘hiking cycle’ has been reached – Sarb’s Kganyago
South African Reserve Bank publishes improved inflation forecast as the MPC votes to leave interest rates at 7%; uncertainty around the exchange rate is still a concern
Fed presidents lay ground for extra rate hike
Evans, Rosengren and Williams all signal the possibility of a fourth rate hike in 2017 if economy runs hot
Ireland presents new financial consumer protection model
“More intrusive” model needed to counteract firms’ failure to change culture, bank says
Brazil can no longer rely on consumption for growth – paper
IMF paper highlights need for Brazil to switch to investment-led growth model as infrastructure caps threaten productivity and competitiveness
Basel Committee to retain provisioning treatment as IFRS 9 launches
Committee admits differences across countries are likely to remain in the interim, while it works to design a new approach to the regulatory treatment of expected credit losses
People: Russia’s Elvira Nabiullina reappointed; SBV creates fintech group
Governor of the Bank of Russia handed a second term by Vladimir Putin; State Bank of Vietnam creates fintech committee; Haiti appoints fund director
Hungarian central bank sets out instant payments infrastructure plan
Company wholly owned by MNB to have system operational ‘by mid-2019’
Transparency International calls for major reforms of ECB governance
NGO says ECB should disavow role in ‘troika’ supervising Greek bail-out
Fed income drops in 2016
Central bank remits less to US Treasury as interest income declines and operating costs rise; passage of "Fast Act" changes remittance process
UK launches new £1 coin
New £1 is the “world’s most secure coin”, mint claims, integrating new security features previously used solely for banknotes; businesses have until October 2017 to recalibrate machines
Fed authors construct ‘financial stability sentiment’ index
Index derives sentiment from central bank financial stability reports, finding a drop in sentiment tends to precede a “significant deterioration” of financial indicators