Financial Stability
FSB sets targets to tackle cross-border payments issues
Proposals are “foundational step” in G20 initiative to improve global payments
Danish central bank may tighten house lending rules
National Bank of Denmark recommends that FSA reimpose countercyclical buffers
A return of the inflation monster?
Fears grow over the intellectual shift to running economies ‘hot’
Time series models need adapting for Covid-19 shock – ECB paper
Authors explain methods for making Phillips curves and VAR models more robust
MAS partners with financial inclusion foundation on digital currency system
Central bank officials will sit on the Mojaloop Foundation’s management boards
Tunisian governor warns IMF aid is needed to stop ‘explosion’
Abassi tells lawmakers to accept tough reforms or face “Venezuelan scenario”
EBA finds ‘big differences’ in use of EU green taxonomy
Risk-mapping exercise finds average “green asset ratio” of 8%
Leverage ratios fall for most US bank categories
Kansas City Fed report finds G-Sibs increased capital buffers, mainly due to SLR exemption
Bank of Canada voices concern over house prices
Financial regulator imposes minimum rate on new uninsured mortgages
BoE’s Hall proposes policies to tackle ‘dash-for-cash’ risks
Central banks could offer repos to “broad array” of counterparties, FPC member says
BoE’s Breeden urges financial firms to run climate scenarios before ‘time runs out’
Firms need to re-examine risk models to ensure all transmission channels are considered
Eurozone starting to see ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ – de Guindos
ECB’s ‘Financial stability review’ highlights pandemic’s uneven effect across countries and sectors
ECB paper offers model of interbank contagion
Researchers say policymakers can use their work to prevent and manage financial crises
EU banks that were stress-tested reduced credit risk – ECB paper
Banks that were subject to 2016 stress tests reduced risk compared with control group, researchers find
Brainard questions Fed approval of bank merger
Fed approves PNC purchase of BBVA USA, while Brainard warns of “weakened” safeguards
BoE recognises Ukrainian bail-in at centre of dispute
Decision likely to be seen as important endorsement of NBU’s action over scandal-hit lender
Myanmar suffering slow-motion bank run, reports say
Central bank struggles to supply cash and defend currency amid post-coup turmoil
Book notes: The handbook of China’s financial system, edited by Marlene Amstad, Sun Guofeng and Xiong Wei
Important, comprehensive and informed overview of Chinese financial system’s current state
ECB officials suggest dropping market neutrality
Isabel Schnabel and Frank Elderson say climate change requires new approach to bond purchases
Asset managers should face minimum cash levels – ECB paper
Researchers say macro-prudential measure would improve market allocation of financial resources
Central Bank of Kenya to liquidate bank after ‘severe violations’
Action on smaller lender comes as CBK looks to complete long-running resolution of Chase Bank
UK regulators launch plan for less liquid fund structure
Aim is to allow productive investment for the long term while curbing vulnerabilities
UN effort to reunify Libyan central banks hits problems
One faction demands governor’s replacement as civil war weighs on oil and banking sectors
BlackRock research pushes back at concerns over bond ETFs
BIS paper had suggested ETF sponsors may have sold illiquid assets to discourage redemptions