Financial Stability
Xi pledges to open up economy amid trade tension
China’s president adopts soothing tone, but some observers complain his remarks do little to change the situation
Major central banks call for concerted action on climate change
“Transition risks” are the most challenging for financial institutions, Carney says
Estonia and Denmark hit by money laundering scandals
Danske Bank says it should have acted faster on allegations
BoE goes granular with data experiment
UK central bank announces successful data proof of concept looking to store, organise and combine data based on the XBRL standard
Financial literacy is ‘essential’, says Fed’s Bostic
Atlanta Fed president says financial literacy is key component to achieving employment mandate
UK regulators count cost of Brexit work
PRA and FCA devote additional resources to handling UK’s withdrawal from EU
Iceland is ready to drop final capital controls – Guðmundsson
Icelandic governor says economy is sturdy enough to allow the removal of the remaining controls
No one can win a trade war, says Benoît Cœuré
Senior ECB official says US growth could be cut by 2.5% by tariff hikes
Fed’s risk proposal puts banks on the defensive
New supervisory guidance will make business heads responsible for risk management
Student debt becomes a bigger threat to US financial stability
The debt has surpassed auto loans and credit cards, and now only trails mortgages
Gambia’s central bank seeks greater independence as fiscal dominance ends
Central Bank of The Gambia to work on autonomy and data management under new fund programme
Fed’s Brainard notes pro-cyclical challenges to supervision
Fiscal stimulus at a time when the economy is running hot requires vigilance, governor says; stress tests cannot counter all pro-cyclicality in credit
IMF urges Costa Rica to shore up financial stability defences
Fund calls for increased transparency from financial stability committee and action to tackle dollarisation risk
Macro-prudential policies cool Sweden’s housing market
Private debt continues to increase, but loan-to-value ratios are falling
Russian central bank plans $19 billion loan to new ‘bad bank’
Entity will take over distressed assets from three banks that failed in 2017
Risky firms can transmit financial cycle – BIS paper
Authors find smaller, younger firms are more likely to tap into global markets during risk-on phases, creating vulnerabilities
Basel Committee highlights best practice for early intervention
Supervisors have become more forward looking and adopted new tools since 2008 in a bid to catch trouble early
BoE: UK-based financial firms will face same regulations during transition period
“Back-stop” will be available if withdrawal agreement is not ratified - BoE