Daniel Hinge
Editor, Benchmarking
Daniel Hinge is editor of Central Banking’s benchmarking service and subject specialist for economics and monetary policy. He has reported on the central banking community since 2012, in roles including news editor and comment editor. He holds a degree in politics, philosophy and economics from the University of Oxford.
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Articles by Daniel Hinge
Agent-based models shed light on CBDC dynamics
Take-up could be as high as 25% of total money, but depends on design choices, IMF research finds
Digital pound unlikely to be monetary policy tool – Cunliffe
Deputy governor says effect of paying interest unclear and could clash with other objectives
BIS welcomes end to investors’ ‘sanguine attitude’
Optimism over future easing clashed with what central bankers were actually saying
Economics Benchmarks 2022 – presentation
Economics specialist Daniel Hinge discusses year-on-year trends, forecasting choices and research
Loose monetary policy has ‘big’ impact on crisis risk – NBER paper
Authors find causal link between easy policy stance and future financial instability
Spain’s De Cos calls for greater ambition in EU fiscal reforms
Redesign of fiscal rules must be supported by wider reform of financial governance, governor says
BoE launches design phase of ‘digital pound’ project
UK likely to issue central bank digital currency as anchor for monetary sovereignty
RBI says banking sector ‘stable’ as Adani rout continues
Securities regulator will investigate “if any information comes” to its notice
BoE tightens by 50bp as inflation set for sharp fall
Forecasts imply Brexit, pandemic and energy prices will cause long period of weak productivity
IMF’s Gopinath rewrites classic open-economy model
Mundell-Fleming model’s assumptions make it less useful for modern policy-making, economist says
2022: The year in review
The invasion of Ukraine left central banks facing yet another exceptional set of challenges. Central Banking looks back at the stories that made the biggest impact this year
Economics Benchmarks 2022 report – evolving models
Central banks continued to develop their modelling frameworks in 2022, as some longer-term trends in governance structures and research agendas emerged from the data
BIS reveals winning design for new HQ tower
Second tower will be major addition to Basel skyline – if it gets the go-ahead
BoE to stress-test non-bank sector for first time
“Exploratory” exercise will test market liquidity as officials call for “urgent” action on non-banks
BIS analysis finds ‘huge’ debts hidden in FX derivatives
Economists say banks and non-banks have major exposures hidden off balance sheet
Bank of Lithuania targets 2025 for data governance overhaul
Central bank moves to “hub-and-spoke” structure as it seeks to streamline reporting and analytics
BoE begins unwinding gilt market intervention
Use of “reverse enquiry window” designed to limit market impact from £19 billion sales
Balance sheet policy needs rethink, economists say
BoE chief economist says central banks should focus more on risks of assets they buy
BoE’s Ramsden says forecasts now less reliable
High uncertainty means policy-makers cannot rely heavily on forecasts, deputy says
UK Treasury makes first payment to BoE to offset QE losses
Indemnity was “integral” to QE but “day of reckoning” had to come, economist says
Ilan Goldfajn wins race for IDB presidency
Former Brazilian central bank governor takes helm at scandal-hit institution
BoE simulates ‘major operational disruption’ to UK firms
Central bank restarts “Simex” testing of financial sector after pandemic hiatus
BoE officials reject criticism of forecast misses
Bailey says labour market dominates firms’ concerns and says Brexit has hampered economy
Christopher Sims on modelling the inflation surge
Unprecedented series of shocks creates major challenges for central bank forecasters, the Nobel Prize-winning economist tells Daniel Hinge