Financial Stability
Ukraine’s governor on central banking in wartime
Andriy Pyshnyy talks about macroeconomic stability, running banks under missile attack, winning IMF aid and post-war reconstruction plans
US banks question stress-test discrepancies
Bank of America and Citigroup open talks with Fed about differing results
Researchers examine Covid-19’s impact on eurozone lending
Pandemic changed banks’ lending but did not lead to widespread cut in collateral values, paper finds
FSB and Iosco renew push to tackle liquidity mismatch
Many opened-ended funds failing to use liquidity management tools effectively, say global regulators
PBoC eyes further opening of onshore repo for foreign investors
Chinese central bank gives first official signal it is looking at Swap Connect-style scheme for repo
ECB expresses concern over draft Belgian laws
Minimum saving account rates could harm financial stability and policy transmission
Largest US banks pass the Fed’s stress test
Scenario saw banks continue lending despite losses three times greater than those of 2008 crisis
New Zealand sets up its first deposit insurance scheme
RBNZ will run levy-funded scheme, which is set to become operational in 2024
Sri Lanka calls five-day bank holiday for loan restructuring
Plan offers domestic creditors a choice of haircuts, after IMF says authorities must act on debt
MAS proposes raising deposit insurance cap
Singaporean central bank says the change will mean 91% of depositors are fully covered by scheme
Low rates have small effect on bank profitability – researchers
A 100bp rate cut results in 5bp fall in banks’ net interest margins on average, study shows
Fed’s Bowman questions Barr’s bank failures report
Governor says supervision is preferable to higher capital requirements
Deposit insurance: what lies ahead?
Proposals to redesign deposit insurance may be neglecting the market’s role, says Manoj Singh
Payments Benchmarks 2023 – executive summary
Payments are undergoing rapid technological change, creating opportunities – and challenges
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 and sizeable FX reserves, inter-dependence with government, non-bank and bank regulatory reforms, demonetisation, rupee internationalisation and daily UPI payments hitting…
US regulators considering tougher capital rules for medium banks
FDIC chairman says rule change may cover all US banks with more than $100 billion in assets
US housing inflation will slow in early 2024, Dallas Fed paper says
Researcher uses vector error correction model to estimate housing market pressures
PBoC to use deposit insurance fund to repay Henan bank victims
Central bank will reportedly use around $1.4 billion to repay affected depositors
BoE policy-maker flags perils of ‘dynamic leverage’
Market participants need to fully understand the consequences of fund structures, says Jonathan Hall
Liquidity buffers had mixed impact during Covid-19, ECB paper finds
Higher buffers for funds slowed initial fire sales but had less impact during “peak phase”
BoE launches first ‘system-wide’ stress test
Analysis will assess how banks and non-banks interact to amplify shocks
Bank failure déjà vu
New bank capital rules were meant to ensure failures would be less frequent and resolution not involve taxpayer money. Then came the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse, writes Jesper Berg
Hong Kong launches HKD-RMB dual trading counters
Offshore investors now have the option to trade 24 RMB-denominated stocks in Hong Kong