Financial Stability
ECB largely welcomes move to expand German macro-pru powers
ECB says measures giving BaFin greater powers are “appropriate”, but need better data
Trump threatens to cut off Iraq from New York Fed account
Central Bank of Iraq risks losing access to New York Fed account if government ousts US soldiers
Lebanese governor requests more powers to deal with crisis
Salameh says financial and monetary stability at risk without new measures to regulate banks
Slovenian central bank demands courts rule on bail-in law
Bank of Slovenia says law would break EU Treaty as bitter dispute over bail-ins escalates
Economists call for action on risk of dollar liquidity crunch
Credit to non-banks and currency mismatches have grown, while oversight is “fragmented”, report warns
Ageing populations will keep interest rates low – BdF paper
Housing availability can attenuate decline in rates, authors find
EU central bankers urge UK to stay close on regulation
Klaas Knot and Luis de Guindos warn UK could lose out, but Mark Carney says UK needs autonomy
NPLs and cyber risks threaten Eastern Caribbean MU – IMF
Steps towards banking union should be put on hold until short-term priorities are addressed, says fund
Female Spanish entrepreneurs face unconscious bias by lenders – research
Double standards suggest credit allocation among start-ups is not efficient
BoE prepares for regulatory data shake-up
Central bank keeping open mind on future of regulatory data collection
Bank Negara Malaysia seeks feedback on new climate taxonomy
Central bank proposes classifying activities based on how much they harm the environment
BIS paper: banks may harm customers through ‘steering’
Nudging “naive” households to take decisions can harm their welfare, authors find
Pension funds suffer in latest round of Eiopa stress-testing
Only 30% of funds have policies in place to mitigate ESG risk
Risk weight tweak could fix IFRS 9 capital clash – research
Practitioner suggests way to cancel out double-counting of Basel credit loss provisions
Hong Kong supervisory framework needs further strengthening – IMF
Growth outlook has deteriorated but banking sector well positioned, says fund
IMF sounds warning over global debt
Debt in both public and private sector may leave many countries at risk in next downturn, IMF says
Tighter regulation may be working – MIT economist
Kristin Forbes says banks may be more resilient but warns risk could be shifting to shadow sector
ECB warns Lithuanian government over bank tax plans
Plan to tax banks’ assets could harm financial stability, particularly for weaker lenders, ECB says
BoE to test banks on climate risks over 30-year horizon
Unusual stress-test design reflects long horizon and interlinked risks posed by climate change
IADI highlights move to strengthen deposit insurance
Survey of 113 schemes finds they are becoming more generous and faster to pay out
Benoît Cœuré attacks lack of political will by eurozone leaders
European single market needs serious reform, says retiring ECB official
EU to set up cross-border AML bodies for some banks
Banks working in more than three EU countries must have own anti-money laundering “colleges”