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People: Trump nominates Shelton and Waller to Fed posts
Judy Shelton and Christopher Waller nominated as Fed governors; further appointments in Nigeria and at the BIS
People: Modi’s government appoints new RBI deputy governor
Michael Patra takes position left by Viral Acharya in June 2019; EBA names new executive director
People: Israeli governor nominates Andrew Abir as deputy governor
Former Sarb deputy governor appointed chief executive of Absa financial group; and more
New CBSL governor targets transmission mechanism
Priorities for 2020 include tackling bottlenecks, boosting transparency and improving analytics
Lagarde awards Schnabel key policy role in renewed ECB board
Panetta leads market infrastructure and payments, banknotes and international relations
People: Ingves elected ESRB vice-chair
Appointments at ESRB and ECB; official resigns from the Central Bank of Colombia
Schnabel and Panetta appointed ECB executive board members
Final distribution of responsibilities in January will determine new members’ portfolios
Andrew Bailey to be next BoE governor
FCA chief will return to central bank after turbulent term at sister regulator
People: Logan to head NY Fed market ops; Norges Bank deputy departs
Lorie Logan and others get senior roles at New York Fed; Norges Bank deputy steps down early
Latvian parliament approves Kazaks as next central bank governor
Economist takes charge as government pursues reforms after money-laundering allegations
People: BIS picks Lamfalussy fellow; Iceland appoints research director
BIS names 2020 fellow; Icelandic central bank promotes economist; Jekaterina Govina becomes director of supervision in Lithuania
Paul Volcker, 1927–2019
The Fed chair made his name battling inflation, and left his mark on post-crisis financial regulations
Argentinian president appoints new governor
Miguel Angel Pesce rejects high interest rates as means of reducing inflation and backs price controls
Marvin Goodfriend, 1950–2019
The leading economist and former Fed official died on December 5
Poloz to leave Bank of Canada in June 2020
Governor has decided not to seek a second term
Argentine governor resigns before new president takes over
Guido Sandleris calls for economic consensus and central bank independence to tackle high inflation
Latvian coalition nominates new central bank governor
Nominee has publicly disavowed current governor as authorities try to deal with serious allegations
Carney named UN special envoy on climate risk
Governor will join the UN’s staff on his departure from the Bank of England
People: Governors reappointed; Fed gets new CIO
Reappointments in Egypt and Palestine; Fed picks chief information officer; and more
Sri Lanka’s Coomaraswamy to step down
Governor to leave in December, over two years ahead of term end
People: French official becomes ECB’s market operations director
RBNZ replaces assistant governor role in main office with Auckland post; World Bank’s investment arm gets new managing executive officer
Ukrainian central bank attacks arrest of former deputy governor
Arrest is “absurd” and aims to send a message to reformers, Gontareva says
Powell to lead two key BIS committees
French governor leads BCBS oversight body, BoE’s Cunliffe to head CPMI, and NY Fed has key Americas role
Benoît Coeuré to head BIS innovation hub unit
Senior ECB official is highly regarded for work on payments and has warned of need for change