Central Banks
Bank of Canada raises rates again
Central bank notes growth is stalling and will consider if more raises are needed
Kenya central bank restores mobile money transfer fees
Move will reverse anti-Covid measure, but cut fees from 2020 rates
BSP governor issues ‘1MDB’ warning over proposed fund
Some legislators have proposed sovereign wealth fund, but critics warn it could increase corruption
Most institutions use time-series models for forecasting
Use of models differs across jurisdictions by income size
RCEP and renminbi’s role as a reserve currency
Will the new Asia-Pacific (Apac) economic partnership support the use of renminbi in settlement and as a reserve currency?
Kazakhstan raises rate as Kyrgyzstan cuts
IMF criticises Kyrgyz monetary policy and failure to reform central bank law
Fed policy roundtable II: recession risk and sticky inflation
Academics look at forward guidance, asset purchases, and the “magic” in forecasting models
RBI raises rate 35bp to ‘break’ inflation persistence
Committee splits as it tries to balance inflation fight against continued growth
Tight policy, T-bills and Basel III affect normalisation, say researchers
Increased use of reverse repo has implications for quantitative tightening, NY Fed study says
Hungary’s Matolcsy calls economic situation ‘near-critical’
Governor blames government as inflation expected to be highest in EU
More than half of institutions favour semi-structural models
Just 35% of institutions include financial sector in key modelling
The investment outlook for renminbi-denominated assets
Bank of China (Hong Kong) assesses the prospects for renminbi-denominated assets as GDP growth slows worldwide
Housing plays growing role in transmitting ECB policy, paper finds
Labour earnings still most important means of transmission, researchers say
Fed policy roundtable: inflation targeting, asset purchases and uncertainty
Academics look at forward guidance, asset purchases, and the “magic” in forecasting models
Malpass says debt relief critical for poor countries
World Bank president says world risks “disorderly default process”
Ethiopian central bank orders branch reopening in conflict-affected areas
Banks must complete audits and collect non-performing loans
São Tomé appoints new central bank governor
New government replaces central bank administrative council
Fed’s climate risk guidance splits governors
Consultation on climate risk principles criticised by two Fed governors
Central banks forecast GDP less accurately than inflation
Over half of central banks reviewed models in a bid to project more accurately
RBA delivers another 25bp rate hike
Philip Lowe signals flexibility over further rate increases
Renminbi in focus: diversification and internationalisation
Bank of China (Hong Kong) comments on the case study interviews conducted by Central Banking and discusses China’s GDP growth and renminbi internationalisation, the renminbi as a financing currency and its role in cross-border settlement
Adopting renminbi in reserve portfolios
Central Banking speaks to four reserve managers about investing in renminbi
The ECB’s collateral conundrum
A lack of high-quality collateral in the eurozone has resulted in money market rates lagging ECB policy rates, hampering monetary policy transmission