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Firms’ prices respond rapidly to CPI data – BoE study
Companies are more sensitive to rises in inflation than to falls
UAE to link payments system with Indonesia and Ethiopia
UAE and Ethiopia sign currency swap agreement worth up to $817 million
Asian Development Bank raises growth outlook for Asia
Inflation forecast falls from earlier projection
Palau building blockchain government bond platform
Contract won by Japanese company that co-developed Cambodia’s digital currency
BIS launches joint project to map supply chains
IMF, World Bank, United Nations and others join Project Insight
RBA plans to migrate to third-party data centre
Releases tender for panel of legal advisers to review proposals
ECB official calls for European AI strategy
Plan required to keep European firms competitive, ECB board member Cipollone says
Inflation rebounds in OECD countries
Rising energy costs drive uptick in many economies, but G7 avoids increase
Crypto rule change will slash Brazil’s current account deficit
Crypto purchases will no longer be treated as import goods, central banks says
Italian service sector needs liberalising, paper finds
Bank of Italy research says making market entry easier boosts productivity for all firms
SNB cuts rates by 25 basis points
Decrease prompted by sub-1% inflation forecast
SNB carries out first tokenised monetary policy operation
Central bank issued $72 million in bonds on DLT settled in wholesale CBDC
PBoC holds key lending rates
Market-based lending rates remain unchanged as economic data remains mixed
UK inflation touches BoE’s target
Alignment with goal expected to be short lived but opens door to rate cuts later in year
Swedish government proposes $2.37bn injection for Riksbank
Government proposal falls short of central bank’s request
BIS to test automatic FX settlement in wholesale CBDC
Project will explore how interlinked payments systems can improve cross-border payments
Oman central bank joins Afaq payments system
System is operated by company owned by Gulf region’s central banks
Qatar to test large payments using CBDC
Central bank says it will test AI and distributed ledger technology
Bank of Mexico lowers GDP growth estimate
Slow economic activity from last year continues into the first quarter