US Department of the Treasury
Iranian central bank imposes AML controls on lenders
Local reports say FATF has threatened Iran with blacklisting, but hardliners are blocking reforms
US designates Iranian central bank as terrorist supporter
Move will tighten existing sanctions regime regarding deals on “humanitarian goods”
Venezuela uses Bank of Spain to carry out international transfers
Maduro regime faces sanctions to prevent it accessing US financial system
US Treasury designates China a currency manipulator
Renminbi crossed the barrier of seven per US dollar amid growing trade tensions on August 5
Three Asian central banks rebuff US claims of currency manipulation
Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam respond to being placed on US Treasury watch list
Trump administration proposes new rules to punish currency manipulators
The move would enable the US to pursue more aggressive trade policy measures
US imposes sanctions on Venezuelan central bank
Trump administration attempts to close one of Maduro regime’s last sources of external financing
People: Malpass emerges as sole candidate for World Bank president
Bank of England extends Martin Taylor’s time on financial policy committee
Interview: Sheila Bair on US regulatory reform and rollback since 2008
Crisis-era FDIC chair “saddened” by former Fed chairs’ focus on bailout powers
Venezuela uses stealth to sell gold reserves – reports
Maduro regime allegedly removed 8 tonnes from central bank last week
ECJ rules that Latvian governor was unlawfully removed
Latvian authorities failed to produce convincing evidence of wrong-doing by Ilmārs Rimšēvičs – ECJ
US sanctions on Venezuela could be death knell for petro
Crypto asset is backed by oil reserves the country can barely commercialise
Trump administration nominates David Malpass as next World Bank head
Nomination comes despite inaccurate pre-crisis predictions and criticism of global institutions
Powell joins Trump for dinner at the White House
Fed puts out statement, as meeting follows regular criticism of the Fed’s interest rate path from the president
Central bank gold purchases soar to highest level since 1971
Russia, Turkey and Kazakhstan accumulated the most gold in 2018
Blanchard calls for rethink on costs of debt
Fiscal cost of public debt may be zero, macroeconomist argues, but that does not make debt costless
Central Bank of Iran accused of role in ‘illicit oil network’
US Treasury targets central bank officials in latest round of sanctions
Iranian central bank looking for alternative to Swift, local media says
Russia and China might be willing to help circumevent sanctions, expert says
China’s exchange rate poses major challenge to fairer trade – US Treasury
Renminbi has fallen by 6.25% against US dollar in 2018, reserves have declined by $74 billion
ECB official calls for European action on money-laundering
Corrected: Commission said to be considering enhanced role for EBA after recent scandals
Lender of last resort is not enough, says Geithner
There is a lot of “magical thinking” about what central banks can do, says former US Treasury secretary
Is the US dismantling Dodd-Frank?
Richard Heckinger asks whether recent amendments to the Dodd-Frank Act amount to technical tweaks or full-scale rollback
Latvian governor unable to attend ECB meeting due to corruption inquiry
Parliament will debate governor’s continuation in role this week
ECB orders Latvia to close bank accused of money laundering
Latvian finance minister says 12 further banks in country may be at risk from money laundering