Foreign Exchange
Argentine central bank struggles to meet reserves targets
IMF signs preliminary agreement for loan payment but reports say BCRA cannot meet reserve target
IMF blog highlights rise of ‘non-traditional’ reserve currencies
Renminbi only accounts for a quarter of the shift away from dollars
Sovereign green bonds: the reserve portfolio’s panacea?
German, Swedish, Danish and UK debt managers speak to Victor Mendez-Barreira about ‘twin bonds’ and other efforts to solve green bond liquidity concerns
Peru halves IMF credit line
Authorities say plan to phase out flexible credit line is mark of “very strong fundamentals”
Costa Rican authorities tell president reserves are sufficient
Chaves had complained of “very few reserves” at Davos
Malawi devalues currency amid FX crisis
Reports say central bank has devalued kwacha by 25% as country’s exports slump
Zimbabwe lifts lending freeze
President had announced total halt to lending in bid to defend local currency
Turkish central bank tightens reserve regime for lenders
Central bank will also penalise lenders with high levels of foreign-denominated accounts
RBI extends Sri Lanka swap line
Island nation defaulted amid debt, currency and balance of payment crises
ECB opens €10 billion swap line with National Bank of Poland
Central bank extends repo lines with non-eurozone counterparts until January 2023
Bank of Russia caps FX withdrawals and EU sanctions Belarus
Russian depositors can withdraw unlimited rubles but only up to $10,000 in foreign currency
Sudan floats currency
Decision follows adoption of single unified exchange rate
Bank of Russia pauses repo transactions
Central bank increases forex surcharge amid signs of strains on banking liquidity
Sanctions prevent Bank of Russia FX interventions
Governor Elvira Nabiullina says central bank has not been able to support plummeting ruble
Turkish lira rises as central bank launches ‘incentive’ scheme
Selling pressure eases as new facility unveiled, but outlook remains uncertain
BdF paper looks at use of capital controls and foreign reserves
Many countries combine both to moderate effects of international capital flows
Argentine central bank orders foreign exchange sales
BCRA also bans “payments in instalments” for overseas travel as currency weakens
UK and China renew bilateral swap line
350 billion yuan swap line extended for a further five years
Argentine central bank freezes banks’ FX purchases
BCRA order comes amid a falling peso, IMF talks and mid-term elections
Saudi Arabia boosts Pakistan’s reserves
Package from Saudi development fund comes as Pakistan’s balance of payments issues ease
Brazil central bank spends $1bn to support real
Local currency has declined more than 10% against the dollar since June
Turkey raises banks’ gold and FX reserve levels
Central bank announces work with state-owned organisations on prototype CBDC
The renminbi’s rise to prominence: focus report 2021
Central Banking explores the impact the addition of the renminbi to the SDR basket has had on internationalising the Chinese currency; central bank reserve managers share their views on including the renminbi in their portfolios; and we take a look at…
SNB reserves hit Sfr1 trillion
Equity holdings now account for 23% of the portfolio