Financial Stability
Financial stability staff sufficiency improves year on year
Most central banks report contentment with non-staff resources
The foundations of sovereign finance are quietly evolving
Digital settlement infrastructure is taking shape. Now SSA issuers must decide how, not whether, to participate, argues Domenico Nardelli
Most central banks co-ordinate monetary and financial stability tools
Cross-scenario evaluation and committee overlap cited as areas of interaction
Elizabeth McCaul on supervision, new macro-dynamics and investing in suptech
Former ECB Supervisory Board member speaks about Covid-19 and Credit Suisse shocks, regulation debates, the rise of non-banks and what makes tech projects succeed
European banks resilient to shocks, EBA says after test
Lenders’ greatest vulnerability is credit risk but they can withstand adverse scenarios, regulator says
Supervision Benchmarks 2025 – model banks analysis
Data breakdowns reveal patterns in staffing, supervisory strategy and inspections
Financial technologies are increasing AML/CFT risks – EBA
Crypto increasingly used to facilitate crime, while fintech firms prioritise “growth over compliance”
Cambodia tells lenders to offer relief for borrowers
Central bank’s instructions relate to soldiers and people displaced by fighting along Thai border
Supervision Benchmarks 2025 – executive summary
Data reveals focus on digitalisation and widespread use of suptech tools
Thai central bank issues debt-relief measures for conflict zone
BoT says hostilities may make repayments even harder in country with high household debt levels
Book notes: Making money work, by Matt Sekerke and Steve H Hanke
This book provides a critique of the post-crisis monetary and financial system, proposing changes that deserve to be broadly read
Oil shocks create ‘persistent’ labour downturns – IMF paper
Gains for oil-exporting countries are “comparatively modest”, say researchers
Supervision Benchmarks 2025 report – digital oversight
Benchmarking data reveals how supervisors structure their organisations, as well as their top strategic priorities and technology adoption
Consolidation likely among Nigerian lenders – analyst
Small lenders unlikely to meet CBN’s recapitalisation demands, says investment bank’s research head
Scrapping UK ring-fencing regime ‘not sensible’ – Bailey
BoE governor finds no fundamental issue with rule separating retail and investment banking activities
Non-banks pose hidden stability risks – Fed research
Credit lines to NBFIs are off firms’ balance sheets, thereby concealing potential hazards, say authors
HKMA dismisses reports it will establish ‘bad bank’
Monetary authority says lenders’ balance sheets are healthy and their credit risks well managed
Barr slams weakening of bank supervisory tests
Fed governor warns deregulation during boom times ushers in crises
More NBFI liquidity data could aid financial stability – ECB study
Research recommends active margin call monitoring for non-banks
BoE delays implementing new market risk framework until 2028
Finalising it could be “tenuous dream”, says expert
Yield curve affects banks’ ability to lend – Boston Fed study
Central banks should consider effects when calibrating balance sheet policies, say authors
US monetary policy has greater impact, BoK modelling shows
Researchers say findings show importance of diversifying export markets and monitoring US conditions
Tobias Adrian on the integrated policy framework amid tariff shocks
The IMF’s financial counsellor speaks about policy reaction functions to supply and demand shocks, scenario-based analyses, Treasury market dynamics and emerging market resilience