Subject: Top stories this week in Central Banking

THIS WEEK
TOP STORY
The challenges facing Fed chair Kevin Warsh
New chair has pledged sweeping change, but can he keep Trump – and the FOMC – onside?
  15 May 2026   |  Analysis
Fintech
BoE pledges to link tokenised markets to central bank money
Bank says RTGS will be modified to support use of tokenised assets as collateral by 2028
18 May 2026   |  News
Strategic Planning
Strategic Planning Benchmarks 2026 report – digital strategy
Benchmarks reveal widespread data use, AI as a growing focus and ongoing digital transformation
14 May 2026   |  Report
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Foreign Exchange
Zafar Parker on 25 years of reserve management at the Sarb
Amid evolving risk, the head of financial markets talks about the journey to excess balance transfers to the government as South Africa’s reserves rose from $20bn to $80bn
18 May 2026   |  Interview
FMI
Busting Mythos: how Europe is responding to the latest AI model
Experts emphasise heightened importance of focusing on basics
13 May 2026   |  Analysis
Fintech
BoE accelerates multi-money, multi-asset tokenised agenda
Breeden urges ‘earnest’ work amid systemic risks from innovations abroad
19 May 2026   |  Speech
Monetary Policy
Kristin Forbes on ‘wargaming’ for the next crisis
The MIT professor and former BoE MPC member speaks about QE, scenario analysis and the art of conducting monetary policy in the ‘fog of war’
14 May 2026   |  Interview
Banknotes
High-value notes: default money for criminals?
Some experts say the notes are a boon for felons, and that central banks should stop issuing them
21 May 2026   |  Feature
Foreign Exchange
Reinventing reserve management: governance, risk and agility in a fragmented global financial system
Bank Indonesia’s new total‑portfolio approach tightens governance, risk controls and implementation speed in volatile global markets, writes reserves head Rahmatullah Sjamsudin
20 May 2026   |  Feature
Governance
Powell named as interim Fed chair pending Warsh takeover
Board approves temporary action amid two dissents
18 May 2026   |  Official Record

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