Articles by Daniel Hinge
BoE presses ahead with contentious insurance reforms
Changes to matching adjustment juggle competing priorities from government, firms and regulator
National Bank of Georgia plunged into turmoil over US sanctions
Central bank says enforcing sanctions on a Georgian citizen would violate constitution
Banks increasingly reliant on ‘flighty’ finance, BIS finds
Money market funds are taking on an even greater role as funding sources, research says
Debt levels are likely to start rising again, IMF warns
China playing major role in debt growth, as low-income countries face worse risks, analysts say
UK nearing top of rate cycle, Bailey says
MPC member Swati Dhingra says producer prices could herald rapid decline in headline figure
BoE’s RTGS system goes down for nearly six hours
Database problem prevented high-value payment system from opening at usual time
BoE raises rate 25bp as ‘mixed’ data clouds outlook
“I don’t think it is time to declare it is all over,” Bailey says
Central bankers to evaluate IMF evaluation office
External panel to scrutinise Independent Evaluation Office, after 2018 review found lack of “traction”
Monetary Policy Benchmarks 2023 report – navigating uncertainty
Benchmark data highlights ongoing evolution in policy frameworks as central banks move beyond the pandemic – and into the high-inflation period
Machine learning pushes frontier of forecasting
AI techniques are starting to transform central banks’ modelling
FSB and Iosco renew push to tackle liquidity mismatch
Many opened-ended funds failing to use liquidity management tools effectively, say global regulators
Fed economists estimate natural rate still at rock bottom
Analysis implies policy rate is firmly in restrictive territory and may not remain high
RBI’s Shaktikanta Das on financial sector reform, sticking to inflation targets and the e-rupee
The Reserve Bank of India governor speaks about developing credible self-insurance, bank regulatory reforms, and daily UPI payments hitting 300 million transactions
BIS says strategic plan now 80% complete
Institution reports rise in profits as it continues to overhaul banking services
Central banks face tough fight for ‘last mile’ of disinflation – BIS
Credit losses could rival global financial crisis in higher-for-longer scenario, institution warns
Unified ledger could usher in ‘profound’ economic change – BIS
Hyun Song Shin describes single platform for public and private money as “game changer”
Borrower-based measures show value as macro-pru tools
Central Banking Summer Meetings: Central bankers resist pressure to ease buffers at first sign of downturn
Explicit policy guidance ‘fraught with risks’ – RBI’s Das
Central Banking Summer Meetings: Policy-makers need to be “nimble footed”, governor says
Central banks need short-run climate models – BdF governor
Governments may push central banks into ineffective climate action, Sarb governor warns
IMF economist takes on vexed question of macro-pru calibration
Housing markets are “at a turning point”, says Laura Valderrama, and policy faces tough trade-offs
Robert Lucas, 1937–2023
Nobel Prize-winner became famous for “revolutionary” work on rational expectations
BoE raises rates 25bp and ditches UK recession forecast
Central bank predicts inflation will stay higher for longer after MPC splits 7–2 on policy hike
Regnology cements regtech-suptech dominance with Metadata acquisition
Series of bank collapses underscores need for timely data on firms’ regulatory metrics
What economists learned from Covid-19
A rush of work on ‘epi-macro’ yielded breakthroughs and then faded. Will there be lasting benefits?