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HKMA chief tries to temper stablecoin expectations
Yue says territory’s regulations will be tight and short-term profitability for first issuers is not guaranteed
Sri Lanka holds rate as US tariffs loom
Central bank keeps policy rate at 7.75% amid domestic economic and global trade uncertainties
Hungary holds rates for 10th consecutive time
Economy continues to stagnate despite rising household lending
Scrapping UK ring-fencing regime ‘not sensible’ – Bailey
BoE governor finds no fundamental issue with rule separating retail and investment banking activities
Bessent floats audit of Fed’s perceived failures
Treasury secretary is latest Trump official to attack central bank, but says chair need not step down
Thailand names Vitai Ratanakorn as central bank governor
Cabinet picks state-owned lender’s CEO to take over from Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput on October 1
Banks seek EU supervisory green light on external credit data
GCD-developed industry standard to show pooled loss data is representative of banks’ portfolios
Portugal’s governor remains in place ahead of ECB meeting
Government fails to announce Centeno’s reappointment or replacement after term ends
MAS names first asset managers for stock market support fund
Singapore places first S$1.1 billion of S$5 billion fund with Avanda, Fullerton and JP Morgan
China holds key lending rates
PBoC keeps one- and five-year LPRs at 3% and 3.5% respectively, as expected
Kazakh central bank denies it is adding crypto to reserves
National Bank of Kazakhstan says “no decision has been made” on strategic crypto reserve
HKMA dismisses reports it will establish ‘bad bank’
Monetary authority says lenders’ balance sheets are healthy and their credit risks well managed
Barr slams weakening of bank supervisory tests
Fed governor warns deregulation during boom times ushers in crises
Sino-Egyptian collaboration could reshape global monetary order – expert
MoU provides further evidence of shift towards multipolar world, says professor
BoE and Treasury’s ‘productive tension’ over stablecoins
Experts say Reeves’s bullishness and Bailey’s more bearish stance on assets may be all to the good
ECB fine-tunes plans for digital euro
Bank hails improvements to CBDC in latest progress report
Ex-BCRA chief: Argentina missed window to rebuild reserves
Authorities could have bought more dollars during prime export season, argues Martín Redrado
Bank of Ghana convenes emergency MPC meeting
Next monetary policy decision to be announced on July 28
Will Fed’s HQ cost overruns be enough for Trump to fire Powell?
Chair’s defenders say administration wants to use renovations bill as pretext for his removal
ECB opens second round of banknote design competition
Artists invited to submit ideas related to culture and the natural world
Indonesia eases policy rate after Trump announces 19% tariff
Central bank says 25bp cut was needed to support economy amid weak global outlook
BoE delays implementing new market risk framework until 2028
Finalising it could be “tenuous dream”, says expert
Taiwan asks foreign traders to improve FX compliance
Central bank says it is considering new regulations amid currency speculation concerns
Hong Kong’s FX interventions came at right time, say economists
Experts believe the resulting fall in interest rates has provided welcome stimulus