Operating framework
Fed adopts single interest rate for reserves
Amendment eliminates separate figure for excess reserves
‘Run it hot’: the risks and rewards of a new policy era
Covid-19 has added impetus to an emerging intellectual shift in policy-making. But central banks face unresolved issues – on expectations, on fiscal policy, and on the capacity of the economy to ‘run hot’
Fed’s Quarles says time is coming for taper talk
St Louis Fed’s Bullard says it is “too early” to talk of tapering asset purchases
ECB should adopt symmetric 2% target with AIT – US economist
Academics and former officials say ECB’s new policy framework needs to be nimble to react more quickly to inflation changes
NY Fed updates Treasuries purchasing programme
New York Fed changes maturity ranges and sector weights of bond purchases
Fed leaders hold dovish line as CPI surges
Board members and regional presidents say inflation and employment goals still far from met
Fed clarifies account access rules for fintech firms
Proposals address growing number of firms seeking access to the central bank’s balance sheet
IMF praises Chile’s Covid-19 response
Fund warns against new withdrawals from pension system
NY Fed increases reverse repo ceiling
Fed move aims to regulate influx of liquidity to money market funds, analyst says
New monetary frameworks involve risk trade-offs – IMF’s Adrian
Lower-for-longer rates may help to avoid deflation, but could contribute to medium-term volatility
Riksbank report explains basis for green asset purchases
Report sets out legal and operational basis for “norm-based negative screening”
National Bank of Denmark simplifies monetary framework
Central bank aims to reduce excess liquidity effect on money market rates
BoE given green remit for monetary policy
Central bank to provide details on reforming corporate bond buying “in the coming months”
RBNZ to support government housing objectives
New Zealand finance minister changes central bank’s monetary and financial policy remits
SNB should adopt higher inflation target, report says
Senior economists recommend the Swiss National Bank reviews its policy strategy
European central bankers see room for fiscal-monetary co-operation
Pandemic showed it was “critical” for both policies to work together, say central bank governors
RBI paper tracks impact of rising transparency on expectations
Research uses text mining to study changing degree of transparency at the RBI
BoE must improve understanding of QE – report
Lack of understanding has prevented BoE’s ability to build public trust in new policy tool, report says
BoE’s Tenreyro says negative rates likely to work in UK
Looser monetary policy might help limit “scarring” to the economy, says MPC member
Hernández de Cos on ECB policy, crises responses and Basel reform
Spanish governor and Basel Committee chair Pablo Hernández de Cos favours a form of average inflation targeting, says ECB is willing to boost stimulus and Basel reforms not diminished by Covid-19 exceptions; stresses the need for structural reform and…
BoE’s Bailey explores future of balance sheet policy
Question of whether QE is “state contingent” could impact how it is deployed through the cycle
BoE’s inflation target may hamper response to no-deal Brexit – IMF
Report urges BoE to bolster market communication in the event no deal is reached
Fed faces longer-term challenges under new policy strategy
Steve Kamin warns central bank may not have paid enough attention to why r* has fallen
Ingves: Riksbank must have flexibility to develop new policy tools
Governor warns inquiry into central bank “clings” to an outdated view of economics