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RBA governor praises Fed’s independence following Trump’s attacks
Bullock says US central bank is “doing what it’s supposed to be doing”
US Fed urged to curb reliance on its own stress-test models
Original architect of DFAST says supervisors should stop putting all their eggs in one basket
European Central Bank pauses rate-cutting campaign
ECB considers strengthening eurozone economy to be “crucial” in face of geopolitical challenges
Turkey cuts for first time since March’s political turmoil
CBRT reduces rates by 300bp to 43% and vows to maintain “tight” policy stance
Trump to inspect Fed buildings in Washington
Visit comes as central bank’s chair faces continued flak over renovations bill and refusal to cut rates
People: new deputy governor at Central Bank of Ireland
Plus appointments at FATF, Financial Stability Board and European Stability Mechanism
Consolidation likely among Nigerian lenders – analyst
Small lenders unlikely to meet CBN’s recapitalisation demands, says investment bank’s research head
Fed hears renewed calls for tuneup of G-Sib surcharge
Failure to revisit 2015 methodology has led to inflated systemic risk scores, experts say
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