Opinion
It’s time to smash Iran’s endemic inflation
As Iran goes to the polls, high inflation is still plaguing the economy. Steve Hanke looks at solutions
Multiple expectations test communications
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s communications are being tested, says Mike Hannah
Sizing the benefits and risks of our climate ambition
Fixing climate change is likely to entail substantial risks, write Sarah Breeden and Frank Elderson
A return of the inflation monster?
Fears grow over the intellectual shift to running economies ‘hot’
Diversity is key for policy-making and institutional culture
North Macedonia governor Anita Bezhoska says more needs to be done to attract women to finance
The new era of money supply and its impact on policy
The empirical relationship between money and inflation has changed, writes Manmohan Singh, with Apoorv Bhargava and Peter Stella
Navigating the hazards of inequalities
Inequality poses a serious challenge for central bank communications, says Mike Hannah
ESG investment must grow to achieve zero carbon emissions
Action is needed to scale up green investment and tackle information issues, writes Sayuri Shirai
A latent rise in r* could upend monetary policy
A rising natural rate could create serious challenges for policy-makers, write Jorma Schäublin and Philip Turner
A bellwether moment for CBDC plans
Launch of ‘sand dollar’ may herald a new era of CBDCs as Fed and ECB step up their preparations
Future of cash: what we can learn from the history of money
Central banks must take a broad view of efficiency if they are to preserve the benefits of cash, says Antti Heinonen
The untapped potential of transaction data
Covid-19 has highlighted the need for central banks to have more timely information, questioning whether high-frequency indicators are being used to their full potential.
The Bank of Japan must adjust its monetary policy
Sayuri Shirai says the central bank needs to make its policy more sustainable
Measuring the exceptional speed and scope of Covid-19 monetary policy
Policy actions during the first wave of the pandemic were extraordinary for their intensity, scope and speed
A digital opportunity to transform financial reporting
The Covid-19 pandemic raises the urgency of digitising supervision, say David Hardoon and Viswanathan Namasivayam
Central banks must mobilise their FX reserves
The pandemic and climate crises call for bold action, write Gary Smith and John Nugée
Fed faces longer-term challenges under new policy strategy
Steve Kamin warns central bank may not have paid enough attention to why r* has fallen
Whither the age of ‘magic money’?
EME central banks are more exposed at a time of ‘close to free lunch’ money
New Isda ‘fallbacks’ critical to making Libor transition a ‘non-event’
New protocol and supplement offer a transition away from Libor rates in 2021
The dawn of average inflation targeting
Failure to explain how the Fed calculates its ‘average’ for AIT creates risks
Monetary-fiscal policy co-operation and the ‘slippery slope’
Barry Eichengreen assesses the risks central banks face from closer links to fiscal policy
Is there a path between the Covid abyss and chasm of financial risk?
Policy-makers may be asking too much from macro-prudential policies