Central Banks
RBI lines up ‘pan-India umbrella entity’ to shake up retail payments
Firm “may be permitted” to hold an account at the central bank
RBA expects long period of low inflation – minutes
Policy set to remain on hold, as board members say term funding is having desired effect
Podcast: Cleveland Fed director on all things inflation and Covid-19
Robert Rich discusses money supply growth and muted inflation, plus new Fed research on the Phillips curve and alternative inflation targets
James Bullard on the Fed’s policy review, FSOC and forecasting jobs data
St Louis Fed president discusses his support for average inflation targeting, his concerns about US Treasuries market function, non-bank regulatory weakness and negative rates, as well as the unexpected success in using Homebase data to predict highly…
Bundesbank paper uses neural networks for rate forecasting
Artificial neural networks outperform linear and non-linear functions, author says
Experiment finds bonus caps can reduce risk-taking
BoE paper says bonus caps can work, in contrast to earlier work by the central bank and comments by senior officials
IMF staff present details of Afghan deal
Proposed deal does not mention controversy over suspensions of central bank officials
MAS launches campaign to boost Singaporeans’ financial resilience
Central bank starts programme in bid to help people manage challenges posed by Covid-19
Ageing population helps explain inequality in US – BIS paper
Firms gain greater market power as workers grow older, authors say
NBIM sees sharp swings in oil fund returns
Dramatic loss in Q1 nearly matched by big profit in Q2
Covid-19 policy-making and the need for high-speed data
High-frequency data holds the promise of speed and adaptability, but the rush to find alternative economic indicators has the potential to create problems
Liberia puts central bank board members on trial
Former governor and board members are latest to face charges over allegedly missing banknotes
ECB paper sets out new dataset on trade invoicing currencies
Dataset sheds new light on the importance of “dominant currency paradigm”, authors say
Book notes: The menace of fiscal QE, by George Selgin
Much of this book is even more relevant, thought-provoking and important following Covid-19
Weak banks undermined first round of QE – BoE paper
Undercapitalised banks took defensive measures rather than boosting lending, research finds
RBI to pay out $7.6 billion to cash-strapped government
Central bank maintains capital at lower bound of specified range
Foreign financing can help exporters survive – BIS paper
Result could be important for the development of emerging economies, authors say
‘Big Tech’ firms could harm financial stability – DNB paper
Technology firms’ data access could lead to their dominance of some markets, researchers warn