Banque de France (BdF)
Green finance: new initiatives in China, Europe and Americas
Eurosystem adopts common investment principles; China pushes climate modelling; and more
Central bankers debate next steps on climate change
Jens Weidmann argues for independent agency to relieve burden on central banks
Banque de France pledges to drop coal-linked assets by 2024
French central bank will also cut oil and gas exposures, and oppose new fossil fuel projects
BdF paper looks at French law on climate disclosures
Law led to sharp cut in French firms’ holdings of fossil fuel-related instruments, research finds
BdF paper looks at fiscal responses to liquidity traps
Infrastructure spending is more robust to model specification changes than sales tax- paper
Loans to SMEs should have lower capital requirements – BdF paper
More SME lending boosts banks’ portfolio diversity and decreases systemic risk exposure, paper finds
Fed joining NGFS would be a ‘game changer’ – Després
NGFS to increase study of monetary policy’s climate implications, head of secretariat says
Deeper EU capital markets will improve risk sharing - BdF paper
Researchers present new methodology to estimate cross-border financial risk sharing in the EU
Banks are crucial investment source for French firms – BdF paper
Researchers use BdF database to examine how French companies finance their investments
Share buybacks limits monetary policy- BdF paper
Use of low-cost debt for buy-backs cuts spending on employment and capital good- researchers
Banque de France names CBDC partners
HSBC and Euroclear among firms chosen to take part in CBDC experiments
French governor says ECB could directly fund loans
Villeroy de Galhau also calls for flexible emergency purchases but rules out yield curve control
Banque de France CBDC project uses blockchain to settle transactions
Central bank and French lender use blockchain platform to pay for €40m securities tokens
BdF paper looks at household vulnerability
High levels of household debt magnify negative shocks and weaken positive ones, researchers find
Banque de France predicts 6% economic contraction
Confinement laws have had a significant impact on activity
Banque de France seeks partner for wholesale CBDC project
Project will explore CBDC use cases in interbank payment space
Cyprus central bank adopts Franco-Spanish treasury system
Banque de France and Bank of Spain encourage all eurozone central banks to use system
Green initiative: Network for Greening the Financial System
Voluntary body is driving efforts to tackle climate-related risks
ECB reallocates subscribed capital after Brexit
Eurozone central banks will increase their total paid-up capital by €1.2 billion over the next two years
Climate risk models not up to scratch, warns BIS report
New research highlights models’ inability to accurately anticipate climate risk
Ageing populations will keep interest rates low – BdF paper
Housing availability can attenuate decline in rates, authors find
Central bank research may be too focused on narrow topics – paper
Network analysis finds many central banks are limited in the scope of their research
Network effects magnify impact of US monetary policy – BdF paper
Researchers find that impact of US monetary policy is increased by complex cross-border interactions
‘Green finance’ standards ineffective with smaller firms – BdF paper
Banks lend to smaller firms irrespective of their industries’ polluting records, researcher says