Central Banks
RBNZ to collaborate with industry on financial inclusion MoU
Move follows consultation in which almost all wanted action to improve banking access
Working group minutes: strengthening crisis management
Maintaining a strong team of resolution experts can be difficult for smaller central banks
ECB reveals longer-term DLT strategy
Bank to focus on building ‘entirely innovative and integrated’ tokenised asset ecosystem
RBI buys bonds as Iran war threatens economic outlook
Economists expect central bank to stay on hold, despite risk of higher inflation and lower growth
DNB to focus on payments system’s resilience and autonomy
Strategy aims to ‘broaden the range of options in the payments landscape’
Pakistan holds rates, citing uncertainty from Iran war
Central bank expects inflation to remain above its 5–7% target
Nearly 450 staff to leave BoE under cost-cutting plans
Central bank says it is targeting £45 million in savings this year
Dancing between raindrops: tackling an Iran-related supply shock
Comms will be critical as central banks face yet another global shock, says Jagjit Chadha
NBU governor calls for EU probe into asset seizure
State-owned bank’s staff now released from custody, but assets remain in Hungary
Fed independence key to dollar strength – FOMC member
Cleveland Fed chief says geopolitics and high US debt among factors that could ‘unseat’ greenback
PBoC plans more market-based monetary policy formulation
Analysts expect Middle East conflict to have little impact on policy in China
Iran conflict could drive global inflation higher – IMF chief
Georgieva urges policy-makers to think ‘the unthinkable and prepare for it’
Single and dual mandates often result in same policy – Schnabel
AI productivity boom yet to show up in eurozone data, ECB board member adds
Suspended BCB officials named in Banco Master probe
Former member of rate-setting committee allegedly provided advice to owner of collapsed lender
Bangladesh Bank faces fresh questions over independence
Experts question governor’s affiliations after activists petition Supreme Court to have him removed
Fed’s Bowman: Basel has driven banks out of traditional loans
Vice-chair for supervision renews call to bring mortgage lending back to banking sector
Book notes: The doom loop, by Eswar S Prasad
A persuasive analysis of a new world disorder that will bring an end to central bank independence
Central Bank of West African States eases policy by 25bp
BCEAO says negative inflation prompted decision, but expects prices to rise in 2026
State support for Asian firms should be scaled back, says Rhee
BoK governor believes structural reforms are also needed if region’s success is to be sustained
ECB has ‘no reason’ to hike as ‘2026 is not 2022’ – BdF head
Villeroy de Galhau first eurozone governor to speak about war’s potential impact on inflation