Financial Stability
BoE wants stablecoins fully backed with central bank deposits
Systemic stablecoins would have to back issuance with unremunerated deposits
MAS imposes further penalties on Singapore’s biggest lender
Central bank penalises DBS after country’s largest bank experienced repeated service outages
Data sharing as a policy intervention
Increasing access to data represents another policy lever regulators can pull to achieve their objectives, writes David Bholat
ECB raises concerns over Italian macro-pru committee
Decree should give a casting vote to governor and remove members’ vetoes, ECB says
Court grants Evergrande five more weeks to avert liquidation
Hong Kong court gives Chinese developer until December 4 to revise restructuring plan
Former executives of troubled lender wanted by Vietnam police
Central bank is looking for investors to acquire failed Saigon Commercial Bank
The predicament of bloated central bank balance sheets
Swollen balance sheets carry significant risks for combating inflation, ensuring financial stability and preserving central bank credibility, independence and effectiveness. How can central banks reduce them?
IMF economists build financial stress index for 110 countries
Text-based method allows economists to assess both duration and intensity of financial crises
Carstens: Regulatory performance during banking crises was ‘mixed’
BIS general manager emphasises role of supervision in preventing bank failure
CPMI seeks better governance of fast payment links
Committee embarking on project to build supporting framework for FPS links
PBoC asks banks to roll over local government debt
Major lenders reportedly told to extend loans to local government financing vehicles at lower rates
CPMI pushes for harmonised cross-border payments data
Launch of minimum standards aims to tackle risk of inconsistent ISO 20022 messaging
Rate hikes: too much, too late – and now too dangerous
Why monetary tightening risks a global credit crunch
Balance sheet data can help gauge systemic risk, ECB paper says
Researchers present methodology for assessing large and small lenders based on SRisk measure
Natural disasters can trigger capital flight – Bank of Italy paper
International investors move funds out of EMEs but not advanced economies, researchers say
FedNow – at last
The instant payment system might help fix the US’s rusty payment rails, but it also faces competition, says Dave Birch
Bond market turmoil could aid Fed policy, say FOMC members
Phillip Jefferson and Lorie Logan say financing points to strong economic momentum
BoE to conduct ‘desk-based stress test’ for 2024
Financial policy committee warns of some risks in UK corporate and household finance
UK regulator ‘welcomes’ Metro Bank capital injection
Colombian banker becomes majority shareholder of struggling lender
Iraqi central bank denies it will ban all dollar cash transactions
Official says he was misquoted as dollar shortage worsens amid US-Iraq tensions
Commercial real estate poses financial stability risks – research
Researchers say current strength of commercial real estate loans may not persist
South Sudanese president fires sixth governor
IMF praised central bank policies in May as country’s economic crises grow
Central banks of UAE and Egypt agree currency swap
Latest currency support move by UAE comes amid mounting pressure on Egyptian pound