Subject: Top stories this week in Central Banking

THIS WEEK
TOP STORY
Finland’s fintech head on retail CBDCs versus instant payments
Payments unit leader Aleksi Grym discusses overlaps and synergies for retail CBDCs and instant payment systems in Finland and the eurozone
 14 Jan 2025   |  Interview
Economics
BoE’s new research agenda adds focus on balance sheet
Three-year plan responds to inflation surge, market turmoil and changed mandates
08 Jan 2025   |  News
Macroeconomics
The UK is not suffering another Truss shock
The increase in gilt yields is a long way from the turmoil of 2022, writes Jagjit Chadha. But it does highlight flaws in the use of fiscal rules
13 Jan 2025   |  Opinion
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Currency
PBoC suspends government bond purchases
China's central bank moves after “persistent excess demand” causes yields to hit record lows
10 Jan 2025   |  News
Reserves
CNB ‘considered’ adding bitcoin to reserves – governor
Michl says central bank could “continue to debate” using cryptocurrency in diversification drive
09 Jan 2025   |  Official Record
Crypto Assets
SNB faces renewed drive to hold bitcoin in its reserves
Campaign calls for constitutional amendment that would force central bank to keep cryptocurrency
06 Jan 2025   |  News
People
Senior appointments in Australia and Hong Kong
RBA appoints heads of banking and economic research, while HKMA appoints financial infrastructure director
08 Jan 2025   |  News
Regulation
Barr’s Fed exit likely to delay, but not destroy, Basel III
Market risk, op risk and leverage ratio all in the sights of Barr’s potential successors
10 Jan 2025   |  News
Accountability
Accounting for banknotes
Three leading experts on central bank finances debate the appropriate treatment of currency
06 Jan 2025   |  Feature
Currency
PBoC to issue record amount of bills in Hong Kong
Central bank to auction 60 billion yuan of bills in territory amid weakening renminbi
09 Jan 2025   |  News

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