Central Banks
IMF’s Zhang says external financial lifelines must be ‘preserved’
Fund is providing AML/CFT training in the Pacific to stem correspondent banking crisis
RBNZ calls halt to quantitative easing
Central bank has bought considerably less than its NZ$100 billion limit
BoE removes ‘guardrails’ on bank dividend payments
Central bank eases restrictions as outlook for UK financial sector improves
US faces surge in actual and expected inflation
Data shows 5.4% CPI inflation over past year and consumers expect 4.8% rise over next
UK financial sector slowly improving on diversity – BoE paper
Research shows women are gaining a foothold, but progress with age and nationality diversity has stalled
ECB’s new target not expected to influence Denmark’s policy
Danish central bank agrees with ECB that climate change may impact price and financial stability
People: Bank of Canada names senior deputy governor
New governor in Turkmenistan; Malaysian SWF gets new director; and more
Minneapolis Fed requires all staff to be vaccinated
Most other regional Feds say they “encourage” staff to get immunised
New inflation target set to bind ECB to ‘lower for longer’ strategy
Symmetric 2% target should allow council to boost APP purchases as Pepp is phased out, say analysts
BoE paper explores impact of machine learning on credit
Benefits of AI-driven screening depend on market characteristics, authors find
Fed still lags on diversity, says campaigners’ report
Campaigners say regional bank leaders still mostly white, male and from big business
Climate training hub launched by international consortium
BIS training platform will act as single access point for climate risk training for central banks
IMF executive board backs $650 billion SDR allocation
Allocation is set to be largest in the fund’s history, with launch expected in August
People: RBA’s Debelle given second term as deputy
Iosco gets new secretary-general; Routledge takes over as Canada’s superintendent of financial institutions; new director of research for Kenya
University probing Turkish governor over plagiarism allegations – report
Newspaper alleges governor’s thesis was supervised by economist who is now senior policy-maker
Israel delays launch of sovereign wealth fund
Revenue from natural gas and mining has not yet reached target, tax authority says
FOMC minutes show some disagreement on inflation
Some participants think US inflation pressures may continue into 2022
Unemployment has non-linear relationship to inflation – Fed paper
Authors say their findings could be relevant to debates over inflation targets
RBNZ to consider CBDC as cash use declines
Assistant governor says trust in financial system may be weakened by fall in cash use