Articles by Central Banking Newsdesk
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
Basel III LCR affects RBI monetary operations – paper
Liquidity coverage ratio affects the central bank’s operational target via its impact on the unsecured overnight money market
Economic shocks more likely to spread within EU – new research
Researchers use new model to measure propagation of regional shocks in Europe
Target2 robust enough to withstand liquidity shocks – ECB study
Research modelled the effects of “extreme collateral deteriorations” on Target2 participants
Researchers dig further into ‘Lazarus’ cyber attacks
Latest effort to crack case of cyber criminals unearths “fairly sophisticated” mechanism to target banks and regulators, and less sophisticated efforts to mislead investigators
Booms spill over less than busts – Riksbank paper
Financial booms appear to affect the real economy less than busts, suggesting macro-prudential policies will outperform “leaning against the wind”
Irish deputy governor says Brexit will have negative impact on Ireland
Donnery says regulators must not allow “fragmented” supervisory system to emerge
RBI’s Acharya says India ‘urgently’ needs asset management company
New deputy governor says stressed assets must not be allowed to “fester”, sketching two possible designs for an asset management company
Broad sectors of Irish economy are ‘very connected’ – study
Irish research uses network analysis to look at sectoral linkages
Europe must strengthen money-laundering controls – EU agencies
Firms fail to properly implement AML/CFT policies, two-thirds of European national regulators say
FOMC sentiment effects tested with ‘computational linguistics’
Economists find sentiment conveyed by FOMC statements affects policy expectations, inflation, and industrial production
Kuroda flags need for better network of emergency forex liquidity
Bank of Japan governor warns network of swap lines among major central banks may not be enough as systemic banks reach into a broader set of regions
Norway’s Olsen warns of dangers of dipping too deeply into oil fund
Norges Bank governor says risk of a sharp decline in the fund’s value becomes much greater if the government increases its oil revenue spending
ECB profit for 2016 rises on asset purchase income
Supervisory charges on banks rise by €105 million
RBA’s Ellis: cross-country and micro-factors matter for housing
The assistant governor sees country-specific and micro-factors as important to understanding the diversity of outcomes in the housing market
Bank of Uganda cuts rate as inflation outlook improves
The near-term inflation outlook worsens, but latest forecasts shows recovery within the target band; the IMF’s Lagarde praises the central bank for its “prudent” approach
Rosengren warns Fed may have to increase pace of tightening
Data suggests that the US labour market is tightening, Eric Rosengren argues
IMF paper examines bank lending in Saudi Arabia
Despite low oil prices, credit to the private sector “remained robust”, but an overreliance on banks financing the deficit needs to stop, author says
Malaysian government opens case on historic forex losses
Task force to probe heavy losses of Bank Negara Malaysia in the early 1990s, which reportedly included costly bets against George Soros