Monetary Policy
Is there a path between the Covid abyss and chasm of financial risk?
Policy-makers may be asking too much from macro-prudential policies
New Turkish governor presides over sharp rate rise
Erdoğan changes rhetoric to say country must be prepared to swallow “bitter pill” to beat inflation
Fed and US Treasury in public dispute over emergency aid
Fed disagrees with Treasury secretary over proposal to end five stimulus programmes
Philippines central bank makes unexpected rate cut
Inflationary pressures are low and cut will boost confidence, central bank says
Kganyago says Sarb needs support from fiscal and macro policy
Governor says monetary policy cannot improve South Africa’s growth alone
Lower r* demands new ECB inflation target – economists
Average inflation targeting is one possible alternative, says Jordi Galí
Zambia MPC holds rates despite stability concerns
New governor notes a cut to interest rates would have been “expected”
Iceland cuts rates to new record low of 0.75%
Central bank revises down 2020 GDP forecasts by more than one percentage point to -8.5%
Egyptian central bank cuts policy rate again
Move is needed to support economy against second Covid-19 wave despite rising inflation, MPC says
Book notes: The great demographic reversal, by Charles Goodhart and Manoj Pradhan
An important book, predicting that powerful demographic forces will upend conventional thinking
Nordic central banks sign currency swap agreement
Norwegian, Swedish and Danish central banks conclude bilateral swap deals
RBNZ launches funding for lending programme
Central bank avoids taking rates negative but says the policy remains an option
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
Weak banks could reverse effects of policy rate cuts – ECB paper
Countercyclical buffers play crucial role in preventing “reversal interest rate” events, researchers find
Turkish finance minister quits after president fires governor
Finance minister resigns before new governor signals he will consider raising policy rates
Riksbank publishes list of companies eligible for bond purchases
List includes 50 companies and will be updated on the first weekday of the month
Malawi’s central bank cuts interest rates as inflation outlook improves
Central bank projects annual inflation to fall below 9% this year
IMF staff suggest review of Mexico’s inflation target
Mexican government needs to abandon restrictive fiscal policy, many IMF directors say
Fed holds rates as US recovery falters
Powell calls for fiscal stimulus and says further Covid-19 wave is hitting poor hardest
Norges Bank holds rates due to Covid fears
Norwegian central bank thinks the spread of Covid-19 likely to slow down recovery
BoE expands asset purchases as UK locks down again
MPC publishes more pessimistic forecast of 11% growth contraction and high unemployment
RBA cuts rate and ramps up yield curve control
Economy is rebounding but central bank is worried about high unemployment
ECB slows down PEPP purchases
Purchases reached €12.6 billion in the week to October 30, the lowest level since PEPP was launched