Central Banks
People: Chile appoints new central bank director
BoJ set to gain new policy board members; RBA names new head of banking; and more
Economists warn Latin America faces another lost decade
Continent is “halfway to a lost decade already”, says World Bank’s Carmen Reinhart
Bank of Russia pauses repo transactions
Central bank increases forex surcharge amid signs of strains on banking liquidity
The ECCB’s DCash outage: what went wrong?
Experts discuss security certificate problems that may have derailed DCash pilot
Bank of Canada governor says rate increase ‘was first step’
Macklem says he expects inflation to fall in second half and expectations remain anchored
IMF and Argentina reach preliminary agreement on new programme
Argentina must implement new monetary policy framework as part of $45 billion aid package
Bank of Canada says software problem halted repo auction
Central bank says securities repo operations have now restarted
BoE aims to boost comms with new ‘visual identity’
Design overhaul aims to help central bank reach a wider audience, BoE says
ECCB says pilot CBDC will return next week
Barbados firm Bitt still working on DCash project after outage beginning on January 14
Ukrainian central bank says lenders and payments remain stable
Shevchenko warns over foreign currency pricing as Russia increases reinsurance capital
Powell says he expects March rate hike
Fed chair says FOMC is discussing agreement on shrinking balance sheet
Latin American dollar debts could cause systemic risk, paper says
Authors say the Fed risks a major policy mistake if it ignores the wider impact of tighter US policy
Bundesbank raises inflation forecast
Nagel calls for policy normalisation and says Bundesbank could increase risk provisioning again
Outsider arts: how Russia might adapt to sanctions
The history of the USSR and actions by other sanctioned countries may give clues to Russia’s next moves
Ukrainian governor calls for Russia to be barred from IMF funds
Senior Russian official at World Bank resigns in protest over invasion
Bank of Canada raises policy rate
Hike marks end of ultra-loose policy imposed in response to Covid-19
Eurozone inflation reaches new record high of 5.8%
Energy inflation remains main factor boosting prices, at 31.7% in February