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Norges Bank does not expect wage-price spiral, governor says
Wage moderation allows central bank to strike balance between inflation and employment
‘Shouting on the phone’: BoE officials shed light on gilt market intervention
Crisis sparked by UK government’s plans needed unprecedented action, officials tell parliament
Argentina holds rates for first time this year
Central bank says core inflation decelerating, but official figures show headline figure rising
Taiwan’s governor says uncertainties are hampering forecasting
Yang says central bank will examine wider range of data to improve inflation estimates
ECB delays launch of new RTGS system and T2 consolidation
Launch had been scheduled for November but is now expected in March 2023
Regional Feds divided on discount rate
New York and San Francisco were dovish compared with counterparts in Minneapolis
St Louis Fed president appeared at private Citigroup event
Media was not invited to October 14 talk by FOMC member Bullard
Bank Indonesia delivers another 50bp rate rise
Governor Perry Warjiyo describes the rate hike as a pre-emptive move
DNB advises pension funds to boost liquidity – report
Following UK crisis, Dutch central bank asks funds to monitor stress signals and review liquidity rules
Brazil set to nominate Goldfajn to lead regional bank
Competition to lead Inter-American Development Bank heating up
Hong Kong sets up investment company using HKMA funds
Analysts draw parallels between the new company and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek
CBDC, cash and fast payments: the view from the IMF meetings
Digital currency and fast payments present ample opportunity for improvements, say policy-makers
Independence white paper outlines possible Scottish central bank
Proposals map out “the process of establishing a Scottish pound”
Report of delay to QT ‘inaccurate’, BoE says
Article says central bank is “expected to bow to investor pressure” for delay to asset sales
People: Kuwait appoints first woman deputy governor
New deputies in Sri Lanka, Ireland and Zimbabwe; Turkish MPC member dies; and more
US and European policy-makers feel ‘vindicated’ over aggressive hikes
QT may deserve a slower approach than traditional policy, says Jacob Frenkel
Reserve Benchmarks 2022 charts
Take a deep dive into the Reserve Benchmarks charts, which have just been released for 2022
BoE ends bond purchases as government rolls back tax cuts
Gilt market rebounds as government axes most of its controversial ‘mini-budget’
Hungary makes emergency intervention to defend forint
Action comes after the central bank said it would cease rate rises
BoK governor highlights difficulty in forward guidance
Rhee Chang-yong says he may reassess forward guidance amid exchange rate pressure
Atlanta Fed chief admits to trading rules violations
Bostic claims he misinterpreted rules on funds managed by third parties
African governors face multiple financial ‘floods’
Kenyan governor says a “doubling, tripling” of access to IMF resources is needed
RBA payments systems suffer outage
Problem took too long to resolve, and platform is too fragile, payments executive claims
Armenian governor argues for ‘paradigm shift’ in forecasting
Base case should be abandoned in favour of multiple scenarios, says Martin Galstyan