Financial Stability
Zeti stresses need for good data in promoting financial inclusion
Bank Negara Malaysia governor says better data helps put pressure on countries to improve financial inclusion; offers guidance on how to improve performance
Falling real rates put US ‘at risk of financial instability’, says Kocherlakota
Minneapolis Fed president warns that long-run real interest rates are falling and risk causing financial instability and ineffectual monetary policy
RBNZ tweaks macro-prudential plans after banks push back
Banks will be subject to more lenient ‘speed limits’ and will have more time to adapt to new macro-prudential rules, after the industry complains
Stress indexes have widely varying signal benefits, Fed paper says
Cleveland’s index gives the best picture of current financial stress conditions, but few indexes have value in predicting future problems, Cleveland Fed study says
Fed data gives model of banks’ settlement service choices, paper argues
Data from the Fed’s Fedwire payment service shows that banks select payment services based on average rather than marginal cost, study finds
Central bank restricts lending at half of Ireland’s credit unions
Ireland’s central bank has restricted lending at the country’s credit unions and appointed external auditors to discover the true state of lending in the industry
RBI licenses prospective mobile phone bankers
India’s central bank grants provisional licences to 11 companies to run mobile phone-based banking for poorer Indians
CPMI-Iosco unveil plans for unique transaction identifiers
Consultation lays out proposals for codes to identify over the counter derivatives transactions, as part of efforts to improve reporting to trade repositories
Nigeria’s efforts to support currency could unravel
Nigeria’s central bank governor is imposing strict capital controls to cope with the country’s slumping oil revenues but analysts predict naira devaluation is only a matter of time
IMF paper: capital inflows work differently on credit for households and firms
The composition of capital inflows affects whether and how they cause credit growth, IMF working paper says
CoCo bonds decrease banks’ appetite for risk, paper argues
Convertible bonds decrease banks’ incentives to take risks in highly-leveraged states, a DNB working paper argues
RBA report reveals changing pattern of card use
Australians are increasingly favouring debit over credit cards for payments but both have been increasing in volume and value
BoE economists mine tweets for early-warning indicator
Central bank put its work on ‘text mining’ and big data to work during Scottish independence referendum in an attempt to create an early-warning indicator for bank runs
Swedish regulators press government for clearer powers
Heads of Riksbank, FSA and National Debt Office call for government to speed up implementation of new legislation on macro-prudential powers, but minister says it could take until next year
China should ‘rein in’ vulnerabilities, IMF warns
Economy faces challenge in balancing reform and growth, with IMF warning of growing risks in the financial system and need for further rebalancing
HLA could incentivise systemic activity – Swiss Re
Swiss insurer's head of governmental affairs says crude measures might have unintended consequences for systemic risks
IMF presses for Greek debt relief as Eurogroup meets
Fund official says decision must be taken on debt relief before IMF will consider providing new funds; leaked document suggests ECB and Commission are concerned about sustainability
FSB offers China advice on tackling shadow banking risks
Peer review team led by BoE’s Jon Cunliffe recommends establishing an inter-agency group to coordinate surveillance, among other measures designed to reduce shadow banking risks
Public support works when big and well-aimed, study finds
Large-scale public sector support operations for distressed borrowers work best when they are large and have strong conditionality, according to DNB paper
Bank of Russia steps up withdrawal of banking licences
Russia’s central bank has increased the number of licenses it withdraws from banks and insurance companies, which one analyst attributes to widespread systemic problems
IMF paper finds standard risk metrics perform poorly with low financial depth
Authors find ‘excess credit’ is a better early warning indicator for financial instability than credit-to-GDP where countries have limited financial depth
Nobel economist Sims on fiscal stimulus, Eurozone loss sharing and role of central banks
The Nobel laureate speaks with Christopher Jeffery about his scepticism regarding secular stagnation, the eurozone’s failings and the need for inflationary fiscal stimulus at the zero lower bound
BIS’s Shin on international co-operation, inflation targeting and integrating finance into economics
BIS head of research talks to Daniel Hinge about opportunities for international co-operation, integrating finance and macroeconomics, and whether anyone is listening to the institution’s advice.
Managing financial stability, monetary systems and the economic order
If policy-makers fail to address the challenges presented by strong feedback loops between the economic and monetary systems, the next crisis could seriously damage faith in market-based economies