Klaas Knot
NGFS launches framework on nature-related risks
Guide aims to create common approach for central banks and supervisors

FSB chair says world faces ‘pivotal’ moment
Tight policy and slowing growth signal financial stability problems ahead, warns Klaas Knot

FSB to draw lessons from banking stress
Nature of vulnerabilities and speed of recent crisis call for review of regulation, Klaas Knot says

Central Banking Awards 2023: final group of winners revealed
Awards recognise lifetime achievement of Stefan Ingves, as well as reserves management and more
ECB increases rates by 50bp
Central bank will scale back APP reinvestments as Eurosystem staff raise inflation forecast
Eurozone inflation falls for first time in 17 months, estimates say
Eurostat figures show inflation dropping in most countries, including Germany
Knot and Schnabel strike hawkish tone on ECB policy
Portuguese governor calls for end to 75bp hikes; Lagarde says inflation may still rise
Non-banks in focus as G20 leaders meet in Bali
FSB calls for action on liquidity mismatches and “hidden leverage”
Is the ECB taking the right policy path?
Analysts ponder whether sharp rate increases and quantitative tightening alone will serve to bring inflation back to target
DNB advises pension funds to boost liquidity – report
Following UK crisis, Dutch central bank asks funds to monitor stress signals and review liquidity rules
ECB needs at least two ‘significant steps’ in coming meetings – Knot
DNB financial stability report warns high inflation and weak growth will test banks
Banknotes: July to September 2022
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers during the past three months
Knot says financial stability risks are growing
FSB chair says emerging economies are particularly vulnerable as financial conditions tighten
DNB governor apologises for its role in slavery
Knot outlines central bank’s close links to slave trade and pledges to fund diversity projects
Russia-Ukraine war revealing financial vulnerabilities – FSB’s Knot
Commodities markets, leverage and cyber attacks “warrant further attention”, says FSB chair
ECB sticks to plan of gradual policy normalisation
Lagarde says net asset purchases should finish in the third quarter of the year
Knot eyes first ECB rate hike in Q4 2022
Dutch governor expects eurozone inflation to remain over 4% for much of 2022
People: Knot to assume FSB chairmanship
New board members appointed at central banks in Brazil and Peru
Fed and ECB officials point to different policy directions
US officials see a rate hike in 2022 as increasingly likely, while eurozone governors rule that out
DNB calls on government to calm Dutch housing market
Tax reforms and greater supply needed to deal with “too much money and too few houses” – Knot
People: Steven Maijoor moves to DNB
Bank of Slovenia vice-governor nominated; ECB media relations chief stepping down; and more
Lagarde expected to clarify ECB bond-buying plans
ECB has lowered purchases as yields have risen and spreads have increased
Yield curve control not ECB’s ‘easiest way forward’ – Centeno
ECB board member Fabio Panetta calls for decisive action to reduce higher bond yields
French governor calls for ECB to make radical carbon shift
ECB is not sufficiently accounting for exposure to climate risk, says Villeroy de Galhau