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People: Bangladesh appoints deputy; Elderson has bumpy ride
Bangladesh Bank names new deputy; Elderson passes EU parliament vote despite opposition
G20 agrees ‘common framework’ on debt relief
Leaders welcome decision, but criticise private sector for failure to act
Malta appoints finance minister as new governor
Edward Scicluna to replace Mario Vella, who will oversee economic relations with the UK
RBNZ launches review of accidental disclosure
Information on new funding for lending programme was released before policy was officially unveiled
South Africa to stop cheque payments by 2021
Since August 2019, cheque usage has declined 59%
New Turkish governor presides over sharp rate rise
Erdoğan changes rhetoric to say country must be prepared to swallow “bitter pill” to beat inflation
Fed and US Treasury in public dispute over emergency aid
Fed disagrees with Treasury secretary over proposal to end five stimulus programmes
Philippines central bank makes unexpected rate cut
Inflationary pressures are low and cut will boost confidence, central bank says
Asean central banks call for joint action on climate risk
Asean policy-makers have work to do if they are to catch up with climate leaders, report says
Nigerian central bank freezes protestors’ accounts
Central bank says it is carrying out routine investigation, but protestors say it is targeting them
Kganyago says Sarb needs support from fiscal and macro policy
Governor says monetary policy cannot improve South Africa’s growth alone
Regulators voice concerns over cloud risk
Failure of big cloud service provider could cause “a very large shock”, says NY Fed exec
RBI intervenes as another bank comes close to collapse
Failure of Lakshmi Vilas Bank highlights strain on Indian banking sector
Canada launches climate risk scenario pilot
Project will test volunteer institutions for their exposure to climate change risk
Lower r* demands new ECB inflation target – economists
Average inflation targeting is one possible alternative, says Jordi Galí
German contactless payments rose due to Covid-19
Bundesbank board member says pandemic changed consumers’ use of debit card system
US Senate rejects Shelton for Fed job
Republicans fail to muster enough support for controversial candidate, but second vote is possible
FSB to tackle systemic risk in non-bank sector
Regulation likely but policy-makers want to avoid damaging an important funding source
PBoC makes $122 billion injection as default fears rise
Chinese central bank makes year’s largest market injection days after large power firm defaults
Brazil launches instant payments platform Pix
Central bank governor says new system aims to foster competition and integration
ECB announces independent inquiry into Target2 outage
Main findings on RTGS failure will be published by second quarter of next year, ECB says
Zambia prepares for debt default
Talks on payment freeze fail as G20 prepares to debate further debt relief
Vocalink to provide Canada’s real-time payments infrastructure
Mastercard company wins contract to provide infrastructure and support services for “real-time rail”
Trump nominee Shelton moving closer to Senate vote
Observers say Murkowski’s statement removes one potential barrier to Shelton being approved