Central Banks
National Bank of Serbia holds rates
Summertime inflation warrants restrictive policy, central bank says
Russia eases by 100bp in third consecutive rate cut
Governor says decision was warranted by falls in both inflation and economic activity
China and Indonesia expand cross-border settlement links
Central banks also announce QR-based pilot for payments in local currencies
US consumers’ expectations of finding work hit new low – study
Mean perceived probability of a newly unemployed person finding a job fell to 44.9%
Liquidity impairment harms policy transmission – BIS paper
Authors say QE may be more potent in times of market stress
Reserve managers typically do not employ negative screening
Central banks with short-term import coverage more likely to utilise tool
European Central Bank holds rates
Staff’s new projections look “similar” to those published in June, Lagarde says
SNB to publish minutes of policy meetings in transparency push
Summaries of discussions will put Swiss central bank in line with its global peers
AI opens new possibilities to approach core mandate – Nagel
Bundesbank president says technology enables central banks to deal proactively with stability risks
US SMEs less fazed by tariff turmoil – Boston Fed survey
Study suggests further uncertainty over levies would no longer cause firms’ outlook to deteriorate
RBNZ failed ‘test of trust’ after leadership debacle – ex-chair
Arthur Grimes says handling of Orr’s resignation was a failure but impact will only be short term
Many managers assess reserves with benchmarks and other approaches
Central bank board remains top body granting approval for reserve benchmarking
Bank of Burundi to overhaul country’s market operations
Central bank teams with LSEG to upgrade east African country's financial market infrastructure
Fiscal expansion raises concerns for BI’s independence
Central bank says it will align policy to reduce cost of government spending programmes
European central banks shift reserves from US Treasuries to euro assets
US Treasuries still make up largest share of respondents’ reserves globally
Nexus’s new CEO on the future of the cross-border payments platform
Nexus Global Payments CEO Andrew McCormack discusses the multi-lateral instant payments system’s technical build-out, governance and launch strategy
Cook wins latest round in battle against dismissal from Fed
Court rules that Trump does not appear to have sufficient grounds to fire governor ‘for cause’
AI ‘explainability’ a growing problem for supervisors – paper
Better guidance may be needed on model risk management, Basel-based FSI says
US faces recession unless trade tensions abate – economists
Experts expect Fed to cut rates as economy experiences first job losses since 2020
IMF model links banks’ liquidity and capital adequacy rules
Lenders balance liquidity and solvency risk, paper says
Canada set to cut rates, given soft labour market – economists
Concerns over rising unemployment outweigh stagflation risks, say experts