Dan Hardie
Staff writer, Central Banking
Dan Hardie is a staff writer for Central Banking, based in London. He has a degree from Oxford University and served in Afghanistan with the British army.
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Ukrainian central bank says proposed law is attack on its independence
Passing law could lead to a cut-off of IMF aid, the central bank warns; calls on country’s president to repudiate law-makers
Draghi postpones decision on extension of QE
ECB president is aiming to build governing council support for further asset purchases, one analyst argues
Irish central bank publishes minutes of first macro-prudential committee meeting
Governor and senior staff approve current O-Sii and C-Cyb plans; intend to look further at impact of macro-prudential measures on housing markets
Fed might stimulate labour market with ‘high pressure’ economy
Fed president floats idea of dealing with weak labour markets by “high-pressure” economy; Boston Fed’s Rosengren points to key ‘puzzles’ in data on US economy
Ukrainian governor attacks politicians over allegations of criminal complicity
Gontareva describes accusations against her as “nonsense”; says politicians are holding up passage of law designed to confiscate assets held by criminals
Singaporean and Swiss regulators move against merchant bank in 1MDB scandal
Senior management pressured staff to ignore anti-money-laundering regulations, reports say
Threat of stagflation is ‘now real’, Nigerian MPC member says
Nigerian central bank publishes unusually detailed account of July rate rise decision, including personal statements by MPC members
Special purpose vehicles make ‘very limited’ contribution to GDP – Irish central bank study
Study permits a better analysis of "shadow banking" sector, authors say; concentrates on non-securitisation vehicles
Nabiullina promises ‘profound’ structural change for Russian banking supervision
Current structure “insufficient” to solve Russia’s problems, governor says; first deputy governor Tulin to oversee regulation and supervision
Rajan and co-authors present paper to ECB research conference
Paper introduces “pledgeability” as analytical tool; concept helps explain prolonged financial downturns, authors say
Fed’s Yellen defends Brainard against congressman’s charges of political bias
No sign of political bias from FOMC members, Yellen says, amid accusations Lael Brainard might be looking for a job in a Hillary Clinton administration
Yemen’s president sacks governor and announces new central bank in Aden
Move may increase humanitarian crisis as former central bank head managed to prevent worst outcome in “dire” circumstances, expert says
IMF warns over problems in Belarusian banking system, but central bank disagrees
Systemic liquidity risks are “elevated” because of dollarisation, fund says; central bank claims country’s first asset quality review shows banking system is sound overall
Eurozone employment-to-GDP-growth ratio has recovered strongly – ECB
Employment growth concentrated in Spain and Germany; productivity remains “stagnant at pre-crisis levels”
Russian central bank closes eight lenders and reports alleged crimes
Six banks and two credit institutions were shuttered by Russia’s central bank in September; dossiers on alleged “crimes” at six more sent to prosecutors
Irish central bank announces major internal reorganisation
Bank will split market supervision department in two and create new financial stability directorate; full-time director of corporate affairs to be appointed
Obituary: Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Former Bank of Italy governor dies aged 95. The former partisan also held the roles of finance minister, prime minister and president
Greek central bank governor is ‘the real goal’ of police raid, wife says
Greek police raid the office of a company owned by the wife of central bank governor Yannis Stournaras; she denies all wrong-doing and says aim of raid is to “denigrate” her husband
Cœuré mulls advantages and problems of GDP-linked bonds
ECB board member Benoît Cœuré says GDP-linked bonds could protect taxpayers but pricing might be difficult; says international financial institutions could play “catalytic” role
Ukrainian central bank cuts rates and promises further banking reform
Personnel director becomes acting deputy governor in charge of banking supervision; Lagarde praises conduct of monetary policy but says reform must continue
Kenyan parliament amends central bank’s regulation powers
Bill requires central bank to take decisions to place commercial banks into receivership “in consultation” with a senior bureaucrat at the country’s finance ministry
Ukrainian central bank complains of failure to prosecute banking offences
Deputy governor criticises failure to bring “high-profile” court cases against suspected financial criminals; IMF has yet to announce whether it will disburse next tranche of aid
CFTC charges Deutsche Bank with reporting code violations
US regulator files legal complaint against Deutsche Bank for swap reporting violations; complaint is latest blow to German giant’s US operations
Bank of Italy to receive €1bn for liquidating holding in equity firm
Italy’s central bank will gain about €1bn for liquidating its shareholding in an equity firm partly owned by the Italian state; holding began after the firm transferred stake in insurer