Official Record
BSP inks deal with Australian firm for polymer note
Note Printing Australia will produce 1000-peso banknote, circulating from next year
Georgia central bank orders 50bp hike
Central bank raises policy rate to 10.5% as inflation continues rising
Inflation to end year at 60%, Zimbabwe’s central bank says
Unofficial figures have annual inflation above 100%, but governor says monetary policy will keep prices in check
Bank of Israel increases banks’ ESG reporting requirements
Reform aims to bring higher transparency standards to Israeli financial system
PBoC cuts reserve requirements
But easing measure partially offset by withdrawal of other liquidity support
BEAC raises interest rates
Central African states’ shared central bank imposes first hike in three years
Eurozone unemployment declines to 7.3%
Youth unemployment rate also falls but is much higher at 15.9%
Hungary central bank widens rate corridor to create ‘room for manoeuvre’
“Asymmetrical” rate corridor designed to allow central bank to tighten policy quickly
Kenya’s central bank highlights growth rebound in 2021
Inflation has fallen to 6.5% following government stabilisation efforts to stem fuel prices
BIS and Fed launch New York ‘innovation centre’
Fed has mandate to “understand and, in some cases, manage” technological change, says Jerome Powell
German inflation reaches 5.2% in November
ECB’s Schnabel says inflation will peak this month and will decline towards 2% target in 2022
Brazilian inflation may be stabilising – official data
Mid-November inflation reading was unchanged from October as rate of food price increases slows
House prices rising at fastest rate since global crisis – BIS stats
Advanced economies see sharpest average increase, but India records largest cumulative rise
JP Morgan becomes world’s most systemically important bank
A handful of banks climb the rankings in this year’s updated FSB G-Sib list
RBNZ continues tightening as inflation approaches 5%
Rising commodity and transport costs see central bank overshoot 2% inflation target
IMF renews Mexico’s Flexible Credit Line
Two-year programme reduces funds from about $61 billion to $50 billion
Paraguay continues tightening with second 125bp hike
Inflation rises far above 4% target, reaching 7.6% in October
ECB says banks are falling short on climate risk
Actions are “too slow” and no supervised bank is “close” to meeting expectations, central bank says
OECD’s total GDP surpasses pre-pandemic level
Organisation says many countries’ GDP still lags behind, and growth is now slowing
Swedish inflation rose further in October
CPIF increased year on year by 3.1% last month; Riksbank expected to reduce balance sheet
Australia’s central bank to review banknote distribution model
Decline in transactional cash usage has led to excess capacity
UK and China renew bilateral swap line
350 billion yuan swap line extended for a further five years
New York Fed opens new research centre
Marco Del Negro will lead work on research methods and issues in macroeconomics
MAS and BSP to pursue retail payment linkage
Central banks of Singapore and the Philippines promise to advance co-operation on fintech