Central Banks
Rates round-up: Canada adds 50bp to main rate
Kenya orders first rate increase since 2015; Dominican Republic hikes 100bp; and more
Shadow banks need macro-pru regimes – Bundesbank paper
Limits on shadow banks’ leverage could have helped avert global financial crisis, researcher finds
Basel Committee finalises climate principles
Committee also pushes forward with crypto asset regulations
Biden holds rare meeting with Fed chair Powell
Yellen admits she was wrong about the path of inflation in 2021
Three-quarters of central banks exploring CBDCs for retail payments
Though research is common, only a few have moved to pilot or roll out the technology
Fed’s Waller believes US economy can handle several more rate hikes
Governor acknowledges uncertainties remain high amid Russian invasion of Ukraine
BoE set to gain stablecoin insolvency powers
Government proposal would amend existing rules for dealing with failed payment systems
NGFS moving from climate ‘awareness to action’ – MAS’s Menon
Net-zero transition has been “tepid” despite the limited time remaining, MAS chief says
IMF urges Kosovo to fill vital central bank positions
Supervisory board lacked quorum for approximately 18 months
Honduran banknote to honour murdered activist
Berta Cáceres, who was killed in 2016, has been declared a “national hero”
IMF gains bigger budget to handle economic ‘inflection point’
Decade of flat budgets hampered efforts to tackle “profound” macroeconomic shift, fund says
Majority of central banks only have one RTGS contingency site
More than half of institutions have had RTGS outages since 2020
Nigerian governor remains in office despite president’s call for resignation
Electoral commission also calls on Emefiele to step down over bid to become next president
Riksbank was right to use negative rates, say former central bankers
As ECB loosened policy, Swedish central bank lacked any credible alternative, Flug and Honohan conclude
Peru halves IMF credit line
Authorities say plan to phase out flexible credit line is mark of “very strong fundamentals”
Fed and foreign investors earn lower returns on Treasuries, paper finds
Foreign investors tend to buy Treasuries when they are “expensive and offer low future returns”
Costa Rican authorities tell president reserves are sufficient
Chaves had complained of “very few reserves” at Davos
Fed’s favoured inflation gauge falls
PCE inflation reading for April 2022 was down from March
Is this the end for ECB QE?
High inflation makes it increasingly difficult for the central bank to justify asset purchases across the eurozone, despite rising fragmentation risks
Many central banks plan RTGS upgrades in coming year
Over 80% expect to renovate systems within five years
Turkish central bank holds rates despite 70% inflation
Turkish lira reaches record low as central bank promises inflation will fall to 5%