Bank of England (BoE)
Rajan, King and Stein to head Warsh’s Fed task forces
Former governors among experts asked to help ‘advance the cause’ of US monetary policy
People: RBNZ appoints assistant governor
BoE names new chief cashier; BSP board members reappointed; Japan designates deputy chair
Lagarde ‘regrets’ forward guidance and Warsh plans ‘family fight’
Fed, ECB, BoC and BoE heads discuss inflation, uncertainty, AI, stagflation and independence in Sintra
Private credit ‘probably closer’ to end of cycle
Risk managers say regulatory scrutiny, such as BoE’s Swes, is justified
Elizabeth McCaul on the need for resilience in cyber security
Former ECB official explains why response preparedness is more important than predicting attacks
BoE publishes approach to joint stablecoin regulation with FCA
Framework sets out path for stablecoin issuers facing oversight from two regulators
Agentic AI’s ‘step change’ poses systemic cyber risks – Breeden
Supervisors should stress-test multi-firm disruptions as models evolve, BoE deputy governor says
Mervyn King on his career and big ‘mistakes’
The former BoE governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about the value of transparency, lessons from the GFC, the need to track broad money and tie short-term funding to haircut collateral, and danger presented by non-banks
Geopolitics is driving monetary policy – panel
ECB’s Vujčić points to impact of US equities, while BoE’s Taylor says uncertainty justifies rates hold
BoE publishes ‘final’ stablecoin policy
Systemic sterling stablecoin holding limits swapped for £40bn issuance cap
‘Glory days’ of central banking may be behind us – Goodhart
Former BoE MPC member warns central banks will struggle to combat inflation given fiscal pressures
We won’t copy UST clearing mandate wholesale in UK – BoE
Senior official also promises that any minimum repo haircuts will be calculated at portfolio level
BoE holds interest rates at 3.75%
Governor says he would respond ‘promptly’ to stronger second-round effects of Iran war
Myths and realities of AI hacking
New artificial intelligence models raise serious concerns about the future security of the international monetary system
‘Dark corners’ authors on setting policy under intense uncertainty
Douglas Laxton and Shalva Mkhatrishvili say policy-making should work to avoid the worst outcomes
Banknotes: April to June 2026
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
Book notes: Walter Bagehot, by Janet Seaton and Barry Winetrobe
This slim biography succeeds in its mission of painting a portrait of a remarkable man
Working group minutes: tokenised platforms vs synchronisation
Central bankers weigh up merits of emerging technologies and debate stablecoin use cases
Iceland could join euro even during a crisis – ECB’s Vujčić
BoE’s Mann also highlights pros and cons of country’s accession at currency conference
BoE asks public to vote for their favourite animals
Bank opens consultation on which creatures should feature on its next set of notes
The next financial crisis may start outside the banks
The warning signs are multiplying and the window for preventive action is narrowing, writes Stijn Claessens
How to deal with geopolitical risks, central banking-style
Managing the fastest-rising risk category requires a combination of old and new thinking
Canada joins central banks’ multi-currency blockchain project
Work advances on Project Agorá but ledger governance questions unanswered
QT does not produce opposite effects to QE, evidence suggests
BoE study considers implications of 1980s ‘overfunding’ for policy-makers today