Central Banks
Head of Polish financial regulator arrested on corruption charges
Central bank governor still has PM’s confidence after defending accused regulator – senior official
Palestine launches financial inclusion strategy
PMA hopes to push inclusion rate up to at least 50% by 2025
Fed weighs future policy transmission framework
Implementing technical adjustments might be necessary, Powell says
Bank of England to overhaul consumer interest rate statistics
Changes are designed to ensure the statistics reflect consumers’ experiences “as closely as possible”
Smaller banks struggle in Danish stress tests
Non-systemic lenders fall short by almost $100 million; even with intervention creditors could suffer losses, central bank says
Basel III may be second-best outcome, admits Coen
Basel Committee secretary-general says framework could be strengthened; John Vickers renews calls for tougher capital standards
Moldovan finance minister becomes central bank governor
Ex-governor worked closely with new appointee in handling aftermath of massive bank theft
PBoC’s policy communication could improve - IMF paper
Central bank’s communications should be more timely and accessible, researchers say
Italian crisis and trade tensions are raising eurozone risk – ECB
Emerging market stress and fears of protectionism may drag down global growth, ECB says
UK banks’ holdings of leveraged loans ‘very small’, BoE says
Global leveraged loan market growing rapidly but lending standards falling, says Bank of England
ECB launches eurozone real-time retail payments platform
ECB aims to prevent fragmentation of European real-time payments market
New Zealand governor says banks need higher capital ratios
RBNZ concerned that country could pick up bill for failure of foreign-owned banks, Orr says
Fed’s emergency lending facilities eased funding pressures, researchers find
Facilities likely avoided severe sale of assets at fire-sale prices, authors say
Bank of Israel to form financial stability committee
Central bank governor will chair committee aimed at co-ordinating regulators
Markets may have misread Powell speech, analysts say
Trump intensifies criticism, but Fed likely to continue raising rates
Norges Bank ends ban on SWF investing in two oil companies
Move comes after energy firms end involvement in conflict-torn region
French banking crisis of 1930s far worse than previously thought – BdF paper
Central bank policies worsened crisis, Banque de France paper says
No-deal Brexit could hit UK harder than global financial crisis, BoE says
Latest analysis from the UK central bank says growth could plummet 8% in the event of a no deal
Fintech could help financial inclusion - South African deputy governor
Sarb’s Groepe praises Singapore’s one-stop data repository
Staff from Australian central bank subsidiary convicted of bribery
RBA officials oversaw boards while crimes committed
Podcast: The global regulatory landscape
Capital rules have made the core banking system safer, but other parts of the system may still be at risk, says Andrew Metrick