Financial Stability
Boston Fed paper looks at wider impact of banking stress
High levels of leverage magnify impact of bank crises on output and employment
Hong Kong legalises retail crypto trading
Licensed exchanges will be able to trade major virtual tokens to retail investors
IMF economist takes on vexed question of macro-pru calibration
Housing markets are “at a turning point”, says Laura Valderrama, and policy faces tough trade-offs
Common deposit insurance essential for financial stability, says ECB
Central bank says tighter financial conditions are putting pressure on households and businesses
Sarb sounds alarm on sanctions risk
Central bank says country could face financial isolation if US thinks it arms Russia
Wuhan’s finance regulator asks hundreds of firms to repay debts
Call for repayment underscores debt troubles in Chinese regional governments
Central Bank of Chile sets first counter-cyclical buffer
BCC also warns government could face financing problems
BIS’s Restoy warns of limits to deposit insurance reform
Better use of supervision could solve many issues without deposit insurance reform, official says
US banks need higher equity capital levels, Kashkari says
“Essentially unlimited deposit insurance” poses systemic risk, says Minneapolis Fed president
IMF urges caution in UK financial services reforms
Fund says efforts to ease or simplify rules must be “carefully weighed”
Dollar’s commodities link is creating risks, BIS paper warns
Simultaneous rises in dollar and commodities prices could harm stability, researchers say
China’s National Financial Regulatory Administration officially opens
Veteran banker and former provincial governor Li Yunze will lead new regulator
Spillovers more widespread than previously thought – Boston Fed
Many central banks cause spillovers besides the Federal Reserve, researcher says
Book notes: The Federal Reserve: a new history, by Robert L Hetzel
This book should become the standard reference for scholars
Lebanese governor fails to attend French court hearing
Salameh’s lawyer calls summons “null and void” as politicians hold talks over possible successor
European body criticises some of ECB’s supervisory methods
ECB rejects audit body’s arguments over supervision of eurozone NPLs and capital levels
Common deposit insurance a ‘crucial step’ – ECB’s de Guindos
ECB vice-president says this is the European banking system’s main vulnerability
Fed walking a financial stability ‘tightrope’
Experts disagree over US regulators’ use of systemic risk exception for deposit insurance
Supervisors should take action on interest rate risk – BIS paper
Core regulation alone will not neutralise all current risks, Financial Stability Institute says
PBoC asks banks to lower maximum deposit rates
Recent data suggest consumption demand remains weak despite lifting of Covid-19 restrictions
Norges Bank maintains counter-cyclical buffer at 2.5%
Norwegian central bank warns of banking and household risk
IMF’s Adrian on the systemic threat posed by a ‘weak tail’ of financial institutions
IMF’s financial counsellor discusses the need for action on run rate assumptions, interest rate risk, deposit insurance and crypto regulation
Defaults, reduced growth and less lending ahead, Fed says
Recent bank failures were caused by poor risk management, report finds