Financial Stability
ECB takes unprecedented steps to preserve credit provision
Central bank accepts state-guaranteed loans as collateral, reduces haircuts
Thailand’s central bank throws support line to SMEs
Businesses will be eligible for new financing facility and payment holiday
Riksbank picks ECB’s Tips for instant krona settlement system
Central bank preparing system for round-the-clock settlement in Swedish krona
UAE president replaces central bank governor
Veteran banker appointed shortly after central bank unveils large-scale emergency finance package
Is there a dollar funding squeeze in China?
China could benefit from joining the Fed’s dollar swaps network but political obstacles bar the way
Fed eases capital restriction on large US banks
US repo rates stray into negative territory as investors make massive flight to safety
Dutch former governor attacks PM for blocking eurobond
Nout Wellink says Netherlands must prevent further debt crisis in Southern European countries
New Zealand banks agree dividend suspension with RBNZ
Central bank launches new funding facility and asks banks to stop redeeming non-CET1 instruments
Bank of Portugal removes limits on credit card use
Central bank issues new regulation to encourage the use of electronic payments
Accounting for losses during a pandemic
US banks get green light from senators to use loan loss accounting methods widely criticised following 2008 crisis
Cares Act a very good start, but US may need bigger fiscal response – Rosengren
Boston Fed president warns pandemic could have significant impact on real estate market
Qatar Central Bank unveils mobile payments system
Central bank launches “new and safe method” for electronic payments
UK banks halt dividend payments after BoE piles on pressure
PRA asks largest lenders to suspend payments until the end of the year
Fed opens dollar funding to majority of central banks
New repo facility aims to ease strains caused by global flight to the safety of dollars
Turkish central bank unveils emergency measures
Turkish central bank official makes optimistic prediction despite evidence of mounting problems
Failure to curb ‘binge borrowing’ could worsen downturn – Yellen
“Excessively” high corporate borrowing may trigger a “wave of corporate defaults”
‘Ostrich approach’ to financial stability is a mistake
Denmark’s top supervisor says scaling back IFRS 9 would be a costly error
Georgieva calls for radical policies as IMF faces unprecedented demand
IMF head says rich countries must increase financing as nearly 80 countries request $50 billion in aid
ECB asks eurozone banks to stop dividends
Bank of Israel also asks banks to reassess the distribution of dividends
Sarb consults on Covid-19 regulatory easing
Central bank mulls lowering Pillar 2A capital requirements
US unemployment could hit 32%, St Louis Fed says
Unemployment insurance claims see greatest ever post-war rise
Concentrated firepower: central banks must expand their arsenal
Philip Turner argues central banks should be prepared to go further to avoid economic collapse
Basel III reforms pushed back to buy time for coronavirus response
Basel Committee chief says banks and supervisors need operational capacity to cope with virus shock