Opinion
‘Ostrich approach’ to financial stability is a mistake
Denmark’s top supervisor says scaling back IFRS 9 would be a costly error
Pricing the lives saved by coronavirus policies
How does the effort to reduce risks to human life compare with the economic losses?
Concentrated firepower: central banks must expand their arsenal
Philip Turner argues central banks should be prepared to go further to avoid economic collapse
The dawn of a safer and sounder European banking sector
Implementation of two pillars of banking union has led to significant improvements
Inflation targets back in the spotlight
Monetary policy can do little to offset impact of Covid-19
Policy responses to Covid-19
The coronavirus outbreak poses a real threat to the global economy
Stability versus solvency
There is still far too much regulatory forbearance on troubled bank debt
Bulgaria: long live the currency board
Bulgaria should reject the euro and extend its currency board to cover bank deposits
Macroeconomics is not broken
The discipline has moved beyond the neoclassical synthesis. Critics should too
Yngve Slyngstad: contrarian person, brilliant investor
Knut Kjær reflects on the character of the man that has led Norway’s $1.1 trillion SWF
Negative rates demonstrate shortcomings of currency
Distortionary effects of negative rates raise broader questions on design of money itself, writes Barry Topf
In search of a better definition of digital money
Dave Birch tries to cut through the noise on cryptocurrencies, blockchains and everything in between
Tribute to a great man
Peter Bakstansky highlights Paul Volcker’s legacy of probity and integrity
Facing up to the tech challenge
Central banks get a wake-up call from libra
What is behind China’s digital currency aspirations?
The PBoC sees CBDC as a means of riding the wave of digitisation, and potentially challenging the US dollar’s dominance, writes Hui Feng
Demand for cash remains solid in many parts of the world
Sayuri Shirai re-examines the decline of cash use worldwide
The future of cash: an update
Antti Heinonen looks at the latest trends in cash use, including a surprising turnaround for the Swedish krona
Central bankers without clothes and clout
Without normalisation, central bankers may be revealed to have no clout, writes Jesper Berg
Seven threats from big tech’s libra
Can central banks avoid a ‘big tech’ monetary meltdown?
Regulators should embrace digital ID
Lack of single ID in financial services is causing unnecessary friction, argues Dave Birch
30 years of central banking
Central banks face credibility tests on a number of fronts
The Fed’s trade policy dilemma
FOMC should loosen, but members must speak out more forcefully against tariffs
Central banking’s 30-year cycle
Central banking has hit another crossroads, writes Central Banking founder Robert Pringle
The IMF should adopt a ‘real SDR’
A vibrant market in SDR linked to commodity prices could create a powerful new monetary anchor