Unconventional monetary policy
ECB launches €750bn emergency purchase programme
Governing council says new tool will remain active until Covid-19 crisis is over
Asian central banks rush to roll out easing measures
Japan expands asset purchases; Korea cuts rates; China extends lending and HKMA cuts capital buffer
Bank of Israel unveils actions to boost market function
Repo operations and asset purchases designed to tackle high volatility
Central banks and banks: a changed relationship
Development of large, complex international capital markets has reshaped relationship between central and commercial banks
RBNZ prepares unconventional policy tools
Central bank is not planning to use them yet, governor stresses
Coronavirus could require expanded QE powers – Rosengren
Congress should grant Fed ability to buy wider set of assets under severe scenario, Rosengren says
ECB’s asset purchases had global spillovers – IMF research
Eurozone investors significantly rebalanced into foreign advanced-economy securities, researchers find
Knot warns of drawbacks of negative rates
Consumers are increasing their savings rather than their consumption
Fed paper models new transmission channels of forward guidance
Allowing for household borrowing amplifies forward guidance effectiveness, researchers find
ECB’s QE boosts equity prices beyond fundamentals – DNB research
Negative sovereign bond yields encourage investors to increase exposure to riskier assets
PBoC governor vows to stay away from QE and negative rates
Beijing should maintain “normal” monetary policy, says Yi Gang
RBA’s Lowe rules out QE in Australia
Governor stresses inflation forecasts converge to target in 2021, and rates could be cut if needed
ECB paper looks at eurozone corporate debt purchases
Buying of corporate bonds by ECB boosted issuance of euro-denominated debt – researchers
Fed unveils plan for ‘technical’ asset purchases
New York Fed will buy Treasuries “at least into the second quarter of next year”
BIS studies highlight limits to unconventional policy
Policies seen as broadly effective, but reports warn of spillovers and other unintended effects
‘Wrong’ to say Fed is out of policy space, Bernanke argues
Former chair estimates unconventional policy adds 3% to Fed’s room for manoeuvre
ECB’s OMT and banking union rekindled financial integration – research
Subprime mortgage crisis interrupted progressively higher integration from 1995–2007
Orr: RBNZ ‘thinking hard’ about unconventional policy
Governor says tools not likely to be needed, but “we would be remiss not to be prepared”
ECB corporate QE also transmitted through bank lending – ECB research
Spillover effect independent from banks’ balance sheet quality
Households respond more forcefully to rate cuts than QE – Dallas Fed
Fed should improve communications for QE and forward guidance, researchers say
Negative rates could lower inflation expectations – San Fran Fed paper
Japanese inflation expectations fell after BoJ introduced negative rates, researchers find
RBA open to unconventional policy measures – deputy governor Debelle
Quantitative easing may be on the cards if central bank cuts rates to 0.5%
Foreign banks in US made sharpest reserve cuts – Kansas Fed paper
Researchers look at impact of Fed’s quantitative tightening on US banks’ assets
Overcoming deflation: Japan’s experience and challenges ahead
Haruhiko Kuroda explains how Japan’s long battle against deflation may offer insights for others