Central Banks
Moldovan central bank suspends rights of lenders’ shareholders
Move is latest effort to enforce law in notoriously difficult banking sector
Lebanese central bank orders wire services not to use dollars
Economy under strain from political division, fiscal shortfall and refugee crisis
Key Brexit vote complicates outlook for UK economy
Vote this evening leaves UK’s political and economic future uncertain; analysts optimistic on outlook for sterling
Low US unemployment unlikely to foster sudden wage growth – research
Fed projections see unemployment rate falling to 3.5% by the end of 2019
MAS to gain powers over wider set of payment services
Central bank will also enforce new limits for coin payments
Fed diversity is focus of new legislation
New bill would ensure at least one gender- and one ethnically-diverse candidate are interviewed for vacant president roles
Basel Committee softens impact of revised market risk framework
Final framework cuts expected increase in average capital requirements almost in half; committee may consider some further rule-making in 2019
Supervisory lessons: resolution is a ‘dirty business’
Former Bank of Spain head of supervision Aristóbulo de Juan reveals his principles for resolving problem banks in the final article of a four-part series
European auditors ask lawmakers for increased access to ECB documents
ECB has failed to provide sufficient information in three major audits, official body says
Central Bank of Brazil looks back at its 54-year history
Governor Ilan Goldfajn reflects on how central bank has fostered economic stability
Bank of Israel calls on government to reduce deficit
Budget imbalance is forecast to reach 3.6% of GDP in 2019, official target is 2.9%
Individual bank diversification can increase systemic risk, researchers find
Banks that are not systemically important can be ‘systemic as a herd’, authors say
Powell urged fast end to QE despite signs of taper tantrum
Jerome Powell sensed taper tantrum was a risk, but urged then-chair Ben Bernanke to act anyway, transcripts show
People: RBNZ completes senior team shake-up
Chief information officer and two new assistant governors round out RBNZ reshuffle; Bolivian central bank hires vice-president; regional Fed boards for 2019 unveiled
Rise of renminbi prompts central banks to open Asian offices
A total of nine central banks now have offices in Asia, but New York remains city of choice
Islamic finance is for everyone, Malaysia’s Zahid says
Bank Negara Malaysia assistant governor stresses inclusiveness of Islamic finance but says SMEs are still not taking advantage