Organisation
Argentine candidate promises opposition seats on BCRA board
Massa promises to renegotiate IMF loan as country heads to the polls on October 22
Ex-governor issues stern warnings about planned RBA revamp
Debate over proposed changes to board structure escalates
Legal dispute pits Costa Rica central bank against financial supervisor
Regulator has refused to hand over credit data, and central bank has filed criminal charges
Costa Rica proposes strengthening central bank independence
Government wants to remove finance minister from board and change audit procedures
To govern well, manage ‘enterprise’ risk
Effective risk management should be governance-oriented and top-down; not operationally oriented and bottom-up, writes John Mendzela
Chile governor warns committee against adding mandates
Debate over central bank role continues in Chile’s second attempt at new constitution
China to overhaul financial regulatory system
Proposed changes reduce the PBoC’s role in financial oversight
RBI report details Covid contingency measures
Central bank reorganised staff and processes at “unprecedented scale and speed”
Eight key elements to managing a central bank
Peter Nicholl describes critical lessons he learned while developing governance and capacity at the CBBH
Sri Lanka cabinet approves draft of new central bank law
Measure will end CBSL role in buying government bonds
How to run a world-class economics department
Central banks have myriad ways of organising their economists
RBA sets up new panel of private-sector economists
Expert panel will meet at least twice a year; move follows “embarrassing” forecasting issues
El Salvador abolishes statistics agency
Central bank will absorb body that calculates inflation
IMF warns Iceland over bank privatisation and housing market
Some bank investors have conflicts of interest and housing market is overheating – report
Swiss central bank defends board structure
Think-tank suggested governing board was “susceptible to group think” in April report
What is the right size for a central bank board?
There is greater consensus for smaller boards in theory than in practice
IMF urges Kosovo to fill vital central bank positions
Supervisory board lacked quorum for approximately 18 months
Leading Colombian presidential candidate plans central bank reform
Gustavo Petro claims current government has captured the board of directors
Bank of Canada carries on as truckers protest
Non-essential staff working from home as anti-vaccine demonstrators occupy Canada’s capital
Union objects to Colombian central bank’s branch closures
Bank of the Republic is converting some regional offices to cultural centres, closing treasuries
Pakistan passes central bank autonomy law
Senate approval brings country closer to meeting IMF loan requirements
Podcast: Dominik Weh on why central banks need to embrace technology
Central banks need to keep abreast of the current technology or risk being left behind
Bank of Mexico creates environmental and social risk department
Central bank’s attitude to environmental risk might put it at odds with government, says commentator
RBA to invest in solar panels for refurbished head office
Australian central bank’s gas consumption increased 34% as staff returned to offices