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Brazil delays launch of recurring instant payments function
BCB postpones Automatic Pix until June 2025
Norges Bank’s market operations fixed after global outage
Liquidity operations resumed on Friday following hourly calls with third-party service provider
More than half of US organisations ‘vulnerable to IT failure’
New research underlines cyber risks to central banks following CrowdStrike IT outage
PBoC cuts suite of key interest rates
Move follows weaker-than-expected Q2 growth and policy meeting by Communist party
MAS steps up support for AI and quantum computing capabilities
Central bank to provide extra S$100 million for financial institutions to explore new technologies
Egypt holds rates as inflation recedes
Central bank only forecasts significant decline in inflation next year
Global current account balance to narrow, IMF says
Weakening commodity prices have stripped energy-exporting countries of their surpluses
Spanish political parties fail to agree on new governor
Opposition refuses to accept government’s nomination of former ECB official Escrivá
BoE’s high-value payment system hit by ‘global payments issue’
Settlement of some payments delayed after problem originating with Swift; ECB delays closure of Target systems
European Central Bank holds rates
Inflation set for return to target in 2025, as Lagarde defends ECB response to staff burnout
Basel Committee finalises crypto asset disclosure rules
Disclosure and prudential standards to be implemented by 2026
Nature risk poses ‘major data and modelling challenges’ – FSB
Stocktake finds supervisors at varied stages of analysing biodiversity loss and related risks
Central clearing creates repo concentration risk – research
‘Window dressing’ is a uniquely European phenomenon, Bank of Italy study finds
Trump says he would probably let Powell continue on Fed board
If he is “doing the right thing”, Jerome Powell can serve out his term, former president says
FSB issues recommendations to improve cross-border payments
Data flows and payment service providers among the key areas of concern
Ethiopia launches new monetary policy framework
Move is part of effort to unlock much-needed funding from IMF
Bank Indonesia holds policy rate
Central bank is focused on rupiah stability and attracting foreign capital in the short term
IMF warns of slowing disinflation path
Higher interest rates in advanced economies could trigger “harmful spillovers”, chief economist warns
Chicago Fed chief warns of overtightening if rates hold
Fed chair Jerome Powell also finds confidence in recent inflation data
PBoC’s new policy tool may have little impact, analysts say
Adding new open market operations does not mean major change to policy framework, say economists
PMA launches loan scheme for Palestinians barred from Israel
Monetary authority aims to help workers set up business projects in West Bank
Lebanese central bank joins action against ex-governor, say reports
Official says central bank has joined foreign investigations of alleged crimes by Salameh
Argentina sells dollars in parallel FX market
Domestic currency’s CCL value jumps as central bank tightens monetary supply
Pakistan seals $7bn IMF funding package
Institution says bilateral support will be necessary to meet objectives