Reserves
IMF demands Ecuador end monetary financing
Central bank will need to cover liabilities vis-à-vis banks with international reserves
China’s bond market needs reform, economist says
IMF book looks in detail at China’s bond market characteristics, prospects and reforms
Lithuania adopts maximum diversification as defensive strategy
Risk parity protects portfolio from lower bond prices and lower-for-longer yield environment
IMF paper looks at central banks’ use of forex reserves
Reserves used more for liquidity than for investment in decade since financial crisis, researchers find
Triple reserve managers safeguard Singapore’s stability – Ravi Menon
Menon explains the separate roles of the three institutions managing national financial resources
PBoC independence would help China’s exchange rate goals – IMF paper
Researcher recommends four China-specific policies to support greater exchange rate flexibility
Norway to ditch oil stocks from Norges Bank fund
Government says move will reduce the economy’s vulnerability to oil price shocks
Riksbank to reduce reserves and toughen ELA regime
Gold and foreign exchange assets will decline from $56 billion to $48 billion by October 2019
Zimbabwe borrows $985 million from pan-African lenders
International reserves cover only four weeks of imports amid limited access to hard currency
Technology in reserve management: Outlook for 2019
Reserve managers look to cloud for solutions, but security issues remain
Central Bank of Sri Lanka must repair reserves buffers – IMF
IMF programme set to be restarted after political turmoil, but authorities have fallen behind on their targets
Venezuela uses stealth to sell gold reserves – reports
Maduro regime allegedly removed 8 tonnes from central bank last week
Looser Fed policy and monetary target hamper Argentina’s currency efforts
Inflation rises faster than expected as Argentinian forex reserves reach record high
World is not running out of safe assets – BIS’s McCauley
Supply of safe assets can comfortably meet demand at present, BIS economist says
Renminbi reserves are still relatively small
Renminbi investments still account for much smaller fraction of global forex reserves than China’s significance in world economy would merit
US sanctions on Venezuela could be death knell for petro
Crypto asset is backed by oil reserves the country can barely commercialise
Italian political leader suggests taking control of gold away from central bank
Salvini says selling off part of reserves to finance policy is “interesting idea”
Myanmar adds yuan and yen as trade-settlement currencies
Move comes as yuan use rises and dollar use falls, analysts say
Israeli reserves increase sharply in January
Higher equity prices contributed to improved performance of investment portfolio
Canadian deputy governor explains reserves regime
Floating exchange rate, asset-liability matching and liquidity focus do not demand bigger portfolio