Central Banks
PBoC steps up support for yuan
Chinese central bank eases limit on firms’ overseas borrowing and keeps key rates unchanged
Monetary Policy Benchmarks 2023 report – navigating uncertainty
Benchmark data highlights ongoing evolution in policy frameworks as central banks move beyond the pandemic – and into the high-inflation period
ECB paper models ‘state-dependent’ impact of capital ratios
Model simulates ratio changes’ effects on credit supply in different macro-financial conditions
UK inflation falls to 7.9%
Drop exceeds Reuters poll prediction, but headline rate still almost four times target
ECB needs to maintain tight policy, says IMF
Policy rates, rather than quantitative tightening, should be main tool, IMF directors say
Bulgarian MPs re-elect Radev as governor
Governor had served two years past end of first term amid prolonged political crisis
Philippine president signs SWF law despite corruption fears
Economists concerned over use of central bank funds and possible governance problems
Guillermo Avellán on BCE independence, capacity-building and dollarisation
Central Bank of Ecuador general manager speaks about the need to bolster the central bank’s legal autonomy, dollarisation challenges, payments developments and monetising local gold production
IMF grants Burundi $271 million loan
Burundi must liberalise currency regime, end central bank financing and tighten policy
German inflation to fall again from September, says Bundesbank
One-off effects boosted inflation from 6.3% in May to 6.8% in June
Banknote round-up: Belize may replace UK monarch’s image
Argentina releases new 1000 peso note while Chile reports shortage of smallest denomination
ECCB launches new website
Updated site accompanies “virtual museum” on Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
BoJ announces details of monetary policy review
Central bank plans to engage with experts, business leaders and public over policy framework
Kosovo’s parliament votes for new governor
Move will end political deadlock if president approves, after IMF calls for central bank reform
Machine learning pushes frontier of forecasting
AI techniques are starting to transform central banks’ statistical modelling. They could soon revolutionise structural models as well
Somali president reappoints governor
Abdirahman Abdullahi has overseen central bank’s introduction of first national payments system