Unconventional monetary policy
French governor calls for ECB to make radical carbon shift
ECB is not sufficiently accounting for exposure to climate risk, says Villeroy de Galhau
Reserve Bank of Australia launches A$100bn in new QE
Australian central bank surprises analysts with easing measure, despite more hopeful macroeconomic forecast
Riksbank to increase risk buffer
Swedish central bank concerned about future effects of asset purchases on balance sheet
Hernández de Cos says yield curve control ‘worth exploring’
ECB could target differential between OIS curve and riskier sovereign yields
IMF’s Adrian weighs balance between stimulus and stability
Central banks need to incorporate macro-financial stability in decision-making processes, he says
Whither the age of ‘magic money’?
EME central banks are more exposed at a time of ‘close to free lunch’ money
ECB adds crucial tweak that could limit PEPP purchases
Hawkish governors secured wording that bond-buying allocation “need not be used in full”
ECB set to boost QE purchases and extend duration of stimulus
Eurozone central bank is widely expected to increase emergency asset purchases by around €500 billion on December 10
BoE’s Saunders mulls dual interest rates for UK
Funding banks at less than the policy rate could be a useful tool, MPC member says
Riksbank stresses pandemic’s unpredictability
Two board members thought it unnecessary to increase asset purchases, minutes show
ECB’s asset buying should drop ‘market neutrality’ – Rehn
Finnish governor says ECB should adopt green principles, but Bundesbank’s Weidmann is opposed
Lessons from the Riksbank’s negative rates experiment
Sweden is the only nation to have implemented negative rates and then returned them to ‘normal’ territory. What can central bankers learn from the Swedish experience?
Excess liquidity can weaken policy transmission – BoE paper
“Novel dataset” sheds light on possible unintended consequences of crisis-fighting measures
Is there a path between the Covid abyss and chasm of financial risk?
Policy-makers may be asking too much from macro-prudential policies
Lagarde signals Covid-19 stimulus will remain active for longer
Asset purchases and bank lending programmes will be key ECB tools; rate cut not mentioned
Riksbank publishes list of companies eligible for bond purchases
List includes 50 companies and will be updated on the first weekday of the month
ECB slows down PEPP purchases
Purchases reached €12.6 billion in the week to October 30, the lowest level since PEPP was launched
EU sees huge appetite for new triple-A asset
‘Sure’ bonds offer the ECB a less controversial option for asset purchases
ECB will consider dropping market neutrality – Lagarde
Policy review will consider abandoning principle guiding asset purchases, but Bundesbank’s Weidmann is opposed
Riksbank defends corporate bond purchase programme
Central bank says increasing reliance on bond issuance warrants intervention
Australia’s central bank considering FX interventions, says Debelle
RBA is evaluating additional monetary policy tools, deputy governor says
Riksbank starts corporate bond purchases
Swedish central bank will buy $1.1 billion in these bonds until June 30, 2021
Costa Rica launches new conditional lending facility
Banks can receive funding on the condition they submit lending plans to the central bank
Klaas Knot on ECB policy-making, the FSB and central bank ‘capture’
The DNB president talks about unconventional policy, inflation target ‘bands’ and ‘circuit-breaking’