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Ethiopian central bank allocates $175 million for fuel payments
Decision follows awarding of licences for currency exchange to non-bank FX bureaus
New Zealand looks into expanding RTGS access to smaller firms
Central bank seeks to strike balance between opening access and mitigating risks from non-banks
MAS boosts support for training financial leaders
Singapore’s central bank to provide more funding to upskill promising finance professionals
ECB stands firm on fining banks over climate risks
Board member says lenders could pay daily penalties for not addressing environmental concerns
Close ‘huge’ gender gap to boost GDP – North Macedonia governor
Head of central bank says supporting female entrepreneurs could add $5trn-6trn to global economy
The Netherlands Bank overhauls nowcasting model
Economic dynamics have become more complicated since the pandemic, economists say
Financial system needs to be ‘quantum-ready’ – BIS study
Working paper reviews benefits and risks of computing technology
Central banks buying less gold
Net purchases in August were lowest monthly level since March, says World Gold Council
Supply shocks may become more frequent – BIS’s Maechler
Central banks should re-examine their policy approaches, says deputy general manager
National Bank of Romania renews veteran governor’s tenure
Mugur Isărescu, who has headed bank for more than 30 years, appointed to new five-year term
Cloud and AI ‘dramatically improving’ data use at BoE
UK central bank creates cloud-based platform to streamline processing of its 30,000 data series
Disinflation in Turkey slows in September
Rate cuts appear less likely as CPI inflation remains at 49%
BIS paper explores ‘ChatGPT for central banking’
Language models can analyse sentences but needs more work when it comes to complex content
High Russian growth ‘extremely unlikely’ – Bank of Finland study
Reports shows labour shortages, capacity constraints are beginning to bite
Iceland eases monetary policy by 25bp
MPC cuts rates as CPI inflation excluding housing heads towards target
Basel III endgame adoption more than doubles
Annual monitoring exercise shows progress, but US and some emerging markets lag behind
Hungary’s central bank increases gold reserves by 16.4%
MNB now has highest per capita bullion stocks in central and eastern Europe
Risk management ‘key’ to monetary policy – IMF’s Kammer
Fund’s Europe chief urges central banks to rely less on forecasts when inflation is high
FOMC in no hurry to cut rates, says Powell
September’s loosening reflects growing confidence in soft landing, argues Fed chair
US auto loan delinquencies focused in new lending – study
Lower credit standards and higher payments, not interest rates, are key contributing factors
Jamaica and Dominican Republic announce 25bp cuts
Caribbean central banks continue their easing cycles
Shared EU debt not ‘essential’ for competitiveness boost – Draghi
Former ECB chief also says his proposal for €750bn of extra annual investment is “conservative”
Libya’s parliament approves central bank compromise deal
Path now set for appointments of governor, deputy governor and board of directors
IMF board approves funding to Pakistan
Institution disburses around $1bn in first instalment of extended facility