Central Banks
Covid-19 fails to interrupt asset diversification – survey
Lower yields remain the top worry of reserve managers in 2020, study finds
Nigeria’s central bank implements financial inclusion strategy targeted at women
Central bank wants to close financial services gender gap by 2024
‘Combination’ forecasts can beat standard methods – RBI paper
Traditional inflation-output relationship seems “broken”, authors say
BoK launches facility to guard against dollar liquidity squeeze
South Korean central bank creates new facility to cut risk of dollar liquidity crisis, after extending Fed swap line
BoE’s Ramsden: UK not yet ready for negative rates
Deputy governor highlights several important considerations in decision to push rates below zero
RBI postpones MPC meeting after failure to appoint new members
Committee falls below quorum at a difficult time for the Indian economy
ECB taking further steps to address gender imbalance - Isabel Schnabel
Efforts to foster greater inclusion of women help tackle “groupthink”, says board member
BoE welcomes temporary deal on post-Brexit clearing
‘Equivalence’ decision will avoid short-term cliff-edge for CCPs, as Brexit negotiations enter final stages
Central banks must collaborate to tackle payment ‘shortcomings’, says Cœuré
Matching up disparate systems is challenging but central banks can catalyse change, BIS official says
Fed will calibrate NSFR to avoid hurting repo
Fed’s supervision head says final liquidity rule will be fast-tracked without fresh consultation
ECB paper offers model for timely response to financial risks
Framework should allow policy-makers to act rapidly in response to rising risk, authors say
BoE considering green conditionality for corporate bond-buying
Executive director says BoE will discuss with Treasury whether it should gain environmental mandate
Taiwanese central bank asks for smaller dollar trades
Large dollar orders may slow down foreign exchange transactions, central bank says
Bank of Mexico cuts rates again despite above-target inflation
President refuses to increase fiscal support package, citing danger of sovereign debt crisis
Fed’s Quarles ‘optimistic’ on economic outlook
Second wave of Covid-19 cases should be more manageable than the first, Fed vice-chair says
Reserve Benchmarks 2020 report – charting new data frontiers
Perspectives on staffing and salaries, reserve coverage, portfolio construction, benchmarking, use of external parties and risk management
An end to the loveless marriage with the US dollar?
Covid-19 represents an unexpected shock that could cause further US dollar decoupling, which could show up in next week’s Cofer data release, writes Gary Smith
Turkish central bank raises rates unexpectedly
President Erdoğan dismissed previous governor for tightening monetary policy
BoE admits errors over audio leak
BoE dismissed warning over leak of audio and should have identified breach sooner, report says
Norges Bank holds rates over Covid-19 fears
Norwegian central bank expects rates to remain unchanged over the next two years
BIS paper models credit booms and busts
Authors outline heterogeneous-agent framework that could support macro-prudential policy
Is there a rift in the ECB governing council?
Mixed messages from Christine Lagarde were followed by sharp divergence among board members