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ECB appoints three senior officials to supervisory board
Irish, French and Portuguese trio to replace current members by the end of the year
Bank of Israel governor warns of war’s impact on GDP
Yaron reiterates calls for committee on determining defence budget
Reserve Bank of India plans to take payments system to 20 countries
Peruvian central bank signs agreement to use India’s Unified Payment Interface
RBI holds rates as food inflation lingers
Normal monsoon could bring prices down, Indian central bank says
Clash between Yemen’s central banks escalates
Rival central banks issue retaliatory bans on transacting with financial institutions
Saudi Central Bank joins mBridge
Cross-border CBDC project with China, Hong Kong, Thailand and the UAE opens up further to private sector
ECB cuts policy rate by 25 basis points
Strong eurozone wage growth rules out commitment to further cuts, says governing council
Bank of Canada reduces rates by 25bp
Macklem says runway for a soft landing is in sight and policy is working
Economics is becoming exclusive, RBA official warns
Drop in diversity among Australian economists will hurt discipline, Jacqui Dwyer says
Turkish court challenges president over governor dismissals
Presidential adviser says Erdoğan will still be able to sack governors
Atlanta Fed cuts second-quarter US GDP estimate
Bostic says “orderly slowdown” could be positive news
IMF’s Gopinath calls for international trade co-operation
US-China tensions have redirected trade flows, deputy director says
RBNZ governor in dispute with pro-business group
New Zealand Initiative spars with Adrian Orr over prudential policy
Most Germans would use digital euro – Bundesbank
Privacy, sturdiness and offline functionality among top concerns, survey finds
BdF paper looks at what new global currency would need
Unified debt market would go “some way” to internationalising the euro
Banknotes: April to June 2024
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
People: April to June 2024
A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months
Turkish inflation reaches 75% in May
Finance minister says ‘worst is over’ but one estimate says official figures are too low
Vietnamese central bank moves to lower domestic gold prices
SBV official says market may be fixed but analyst points to shifts in supply and demand
Swift tests AI-driven fraud detection
Pilot projects aim to detect fraudulent activity and improve information sharing
Maltese governor pleads not guilty to fraud
Prosecutors allege Scicluna failed to challenge suspect hospital deal while finance minister
Fed research investigates supply chain resilience
Stiglitz and co-authors look at firms’ investment in production capacity
MNB tells Hungarian lending group to ‘tread lightly’ in Russia
“Selling subsidiary for less than half its worth would help Russia,” OTP Bank CEO says
Global natural rates could be rising, SNB governor says
Jordan says Swiss central bank’s approach allows it to deal with uncertainty over r*