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PBoC launches carbon-reduction monetary policy facility
Facility will offer low-cost loans for private firms investing in green projects
Tanzanian central bank announces loan crackdown
Central bank says “unscrupulous borrowers and employees” partly responsible for high NPL levels
Quarles will resign from Fed board at end of year
Former vice-chair for supervision had 10 years left as governor
BIS board reappoints Carstens as general manager
Luiz Pereira da Silva gets new term as deputy, and Stefan Ingves becomes vice-chair
Argentine central bank freezes banks’ FX purchases
BCRA order comes amid a falling peso, IMF talks and mid-term elections
BSP sees no signs of capital outflow as Fed taper begins
Central Bank of the Philippines now mulling exit from its own purchase programme
Is the ECB policy framework suited to tackling higher inflation?
Officials and academics reflect on the two monetary regimes the central bank has faced since its creation
BoE to start greening its corporate bond holdings
Central bank will use new climate-focused methodology to rebalance portfolio later this month
People: ECB appoints new head of macro-pru
BIS names Innovation Hub directors; Bundesbank sends representative to Madrid; and more
Global CBDC network could save multinationals nearly $100bn
Payments system could eliminate delays and need for multiple correspondent banks
BIS and HKMA conclude green DLT project
HKMA says it is considering pilot issuance of tokenised green government bonds
Fed’s gradual tightening could be boon for some, says Armenian governor
Central Asia faces inflation caused by enormous liquidity injected by advanced economies, says Galstyan
Bank of Israel calls on divided parliament to pass budget
Central bank stresses it includes key investments to boost productivity and growth
BoE surprises with rate hold as inflation forecasts reach 5%
Market-implied path for interest rates rises to 1% by end-2022
Poland raises policy rate by 75 basis points
National Bank cites high inflation, which it expects to linger through 2022
Fed pulls trigger on taper
Fed begins phasing out QE at initial rate of $15 billion per month
Carney says over $130 trillion of capital now pledged to net zero
But rich countries admit they have fallen short of net zero financing goals
Data protection ‘high on the agenda’, says PBoC governor
The central bank has forced major fintech firms to hand over their customer data
China rolls out loss-absorbency rules for systemic banks
China to follow FSB standard, telling G-Sibs to build buffers worth 18% of risk-weighted assets
RBA drops yield curve control
Lowe acknowledges messy market conditions after yields broke free late last week
US regulators call for new stablecoin regulations
Working group wants issuers to be insured and regulated like banks
Saudi Arabia gives $3 billion to Egyptian central bank
Donation is pandemic aid, and follows similar deposit with Pakistan central bank
Centralised climate change teams crucial, central bankers say
As COP26 begins, central banks are focusing on improving governance of their climate actions
Zimbabwe’s central bank hikes rates to 60%
Resurgent inflation pressures force inflation to 54% while exchange rate weakens