International Monetary Fund (IMF)
People: April to June 2026
A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months
AFI’s Alfred Hannig on the criticality of financial inclusion
The CEO of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion speaks about the importance of collaboration on digital and open finance, cyber resilience, data and credit infrastructure, women’s inclusion and consumer protection, amid funding squeezes
Syria extends deadline for exchanging old currency
Replacement rate stands at 63%, says governor
IMF approves $695 million funding for Sri Lanka
Funding comes as country grapples with rising inflation and currency depreciation
Behind the scenes of the Bundesbank’s capacity-building programme
A multi-year effort has helped shore up expertise at West Balkan central banks. Will African and former-CIS institutions be equally responsive to Eurosystem technical assistance?
Podcast: AI accountability in central banks
Transparency and explainability thresholds rise with risk and impact
Haiti’s woes exacerbated by supply shocks – governor
Ronald Gabriel says regional central banks should adopt more internationalist approach
Former central banker appointed as Senegalese prime minister
Decision comes as government grapples with ongoing debt crisis
Sri Lanka surprises with 100bp policy hike
Central bank says tightening needed to combat inflation and rupee’s slide amid Iran war
Edna Villa on the BSP’s shift to a risk-return SAA
The Philippines’ reserves head speaks about the transition to an upgraded strategic asset allocation framework, a broadening of eligible assets, the internalisation of some investments, the upgrade of tech platforms and the role of gold as a strategic…
IMF approves $1bn disbursement to Argentina
Board releases funds following agreement in April
Economists use AI to expand data on cross-border flow limits
IMF paper draws lessons from 40,000 policy moves designed to control financial flows
Helder Lopes on Timor-Leste’s transformation now the oil has run out
The Central Bank of Timor-Leste (BCTL) governor speaks to Chris Jeffery and Jono Thomson about dollarisation amid US policy unpredictability, managing legacy Petroleum Fund investments, Asean membership, digitalisation and financial deepening, and a long…
Zafar Parker on 25 years of reserve management at the Sarb
Amid evolving risk, the head of financial markets talks about the journey to excess balance transfers to the government as South Africa’s reserves rose from $20bn to $80bn
BCV head hails Venezuela’s debt restructuring
Acting central bank chief says country’s break with IMF should ‘never have happened’
Venezuela launches $150bn debt restructuring process
Government looks to rework both sovereign and national oil company’s debt
Turkey raises inflation target to 24%, citing war risks
Central bank will maintain ‘tight policy stance’ until price stability is achieved, says governor
Leading central bankers defend frameworks amid ‘polyshock’
Panellists at SNB-IMF event say policy-makers should remain cautious in face of uncertainty
Pakistan’s central bank receives $1.3bn in IMF assistance
Fund says authorities need to maintain strong macro policies and accelerate reform efforts
UK needs closer EU ties in multipolar world – BoE’s Bailey
Governor urges greater support for multilateral institutions to solve growing global imbalances
Politics and finance threaten independence – Schnabel
ECB board member says fiscal woes and deregulation may make central banks’ jobs impossible